The Wishing Well

Mildred A. Wirt

Published by Cupples and Leon Company, New York, NY U.S.A, 1942

About this Item

There's a mysterious wishing well on an old abandoned estate. If you make a wish, it is granted! But that's not the only strange thing going on with the property! How are wishes being granted? And why is the neighbor trying so hard to buy the land? Penny searches for the answers to this and more in The Wishing Well! Description: #8 in the Penny Parker Mystery Stories, last on list, ?Other Titles in Preparation? 206 pages Blue Boards Assumed First Edition, but beyond First Printing Cupples & Leon was an American publishing company founded in 1902 by Victor I. Cupples (1864?1941) and Arthur T. Leon (1867?1943). They published juvenile fiction and children's books but are mainly remembered today as the major publisher of books collecting comic strips during the early decades of the 20th century. When they saw that Grosset & Dunlap and A.L. Burt seemed to be doing well selling children and juvenile literature, they talked to Edward Stratemeyer (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and others) about the concept. They then published the Penny Parker Mystery Stories Series and many others. They used a technique of putting a coupon on the dust jackets asking for the names of 10 friends, which would entitle the reader and their friends to a free catalog of the books. Mildred A. Wirt Benson (1905 ? 2002) was the most famous of the writers who wrote books about girls? adventures. She wrote 26 of the Nancy Drew books and many of the Dana Girls stories for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Under her own name, she wrote many others, including the Penny Parker Mystery stories. Throughout her lifetime, she wrote more than 130 books. Seller Inventory # 008021

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Wishing Well

Publisher: Cupples and Leon Company, New York, NY U.S.A

Publication Date: 1942

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition