Blueberry Mountain [Inscribed]

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1941. Octavo (20.5cm); light green cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 309pp; black and white illustrations throughout. Inscribed by author on half-title page: "This is Karl Burkhardt's book, inscribed with the good wishes of his friend, the author - Stephen W. Meader". Light sunning and rubbing to board edges, with light crinkled effect to lower margin of text; Good. Dustwrapper, price-clipped, tanned, with shelf-soil, light residue to rear flap, and tiny chips and tears to extremities; Good. Meader's illustrated chapter book, intended for young readers, focuses on two friends that open a blueberry farm in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania to maintain small business success in their hometown as commercial farms raise prices. [84633]. (Inventory #: 84633)