From Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 October 2015
About this Item
THE WORLD AT SEVEN, poems by Burnett Steele Ivey, hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 1920. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in very good condition with no tears, marks, or dog-ears, The pages are age-toned. The endpapers are discolored by the dust jacket flaps. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The gray and blue boards are in good condition (edgewear, lightly bumped corners and spine, some discoloring along edges). The dust jacket is in poor condition (intact but with tears and discolored areas). 7 1/4 x 5, 59 pages, 7 ounces XX [From the front cover] This book is just what its title claims it to be, a series of charming poems describing the world as it is seen through the unsophisticated eyes of the child of seven. There is a freshness and simple naivete about these poems which stamp them as literary gems of the purest ray. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Book One, FRIENDLY FOLKS, CONTEMPORARY: The Policeman, The Grocery-Man, The Motor-Man, The Candy-Man, The Paper-Boy, Our Negros, My Twin, Soldiers, Old Uncle July, Wa-wa, Happy Hooligan. HISTORICAL: Jack the Giant-Killer, Cinderella, Hans and Gretchel, Robinson Crusoe, King Alfred. OTHER BOYS IN OTHER LANDS: Little Chinese, Eskimo Boys, Baby Indians. Book Two: THE PLEASANT LAND OF PLAY, THINKING ALOUD: A Memory, When I Was Five, The Fire, The Trolley-Car, A Greater Happiness, Mother's Lap, Falling Asleep, The Frog Night School, From the Hill, Watching the Weather, Sunrise and Sunset, By the River, Going to Travel, Candy-Pigs, A Penny Rich, In the School-Room. PLAYMATES: Little Macaroni-Worms, Gran' Daddy-Longlegs, Birds and Cats, In the Park. PRETENDING: Playing William Tell, Playing Train, Sister's Tea Party, All-Day Suckers, The Little House for God, A Preference. Seller Inventory # 001740
Bibliographic Details
Title: The World at Seven
Publisher: The Stratford Company
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Poor
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