Olmstead Millicent (4 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth binding with a picture of a woman on a chair reading to three children. A few small, scattered soil spots in the text, otherwise clean pages. Some light wear on the corner tips and spine ends. The hinges are cracked. A short Christmas inscription on the half title page. Some foxing on the page edging. Abbott, Elenore Plaisted; Knipe, Helen Alden (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First edition. ISBN Hardback. No Dustjacket. First Printing. Tight sound reading copy only due to evidence of glue repair, black cloth library tape reinforcing both front and back hinges, very heavy rubs to edges and corners of covers, cover rubs, bumped corners, small owner's name stamped on front free endpaper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 187 pp, 12 full page color plates (orange, yellow, red, black and white, contributing to a soft, not quite realistic impact). A juvenile novel depicting the small pleasures and agonies of childhood and family life. Minor soilage to boards. Back hinge cracked. Pages mostly clean. Eleanor Plaisted Abbott and Helen Alden Knipe (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very good +. First Edition. [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMEN ILLUSTRATORS]. Elenore Plaisted ABBOTT and Helen Alden KNIPE, illustrators. First edition. 8vo; 187pp; navy cloth over board, color pictorial onlay on front board featuring a woman reading a book to 3 children; color pictorial endpapers in orange; ownership and holly sticker to ffep; crack in ep at the hinge but holding tight; color fp; 22 color plates; scuffing to boards; very good plus. The adventures of the 7-year-old Brownlee triplets, Adoniram, Abigail, and Bartholomew nicknamed Great-A, Little-a and Bounding-B. The second book by Olmsted about the triplets, the first titled The Land of Never Was, was published in 1908. Elenore Plaisted ABBOTT, Helen Alden KNIPE (illustrator).…