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Perkins, Lucy Fitch : The Indian Twins

Houghton Mifflin, 1930

Boards are worn and marked.Tanning.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Book Condition: Used: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

PERKINS**, LUCY FITCH: : THE INDIAN TWINS

US.BOSTON & NEW YORK.HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY,1930.

ISBN No ISBN.

US,8vo HB,1st edn.[Before beginning the Twins series Perkins illustrated,and sometimes contributed as editor or writer, to new editions of Aesop's fables, Anderson's and Grimm's fairy tales, Hawthorne's classical mythology,and Robin Hood.She is best known for her illustrated book 'Dutch Twins' (1911) and its sequels, the 'Twins' series - some 26 titles in total.This is the last published title as part of the 7 titles in her 'Historical' series series and the 14th(?) in the 'Twins' series by publication date.] VG. No owner inscrptn per se,but evidence of a previous child's ownership pencilled handwriting having been erased that has nonetheless,left faint,residual impressions,to top of grey+white vignetted illustrated free endpaper.Bright,crisp, fairly clean,but with very light age-soiling,publisher's original,decorated pale beige cloth boards with double-lined black ink printed edged border with an orange,black+yellow,coloured pair of Indian twins with yellow background to an oblong cartouche-type panel and black ink title within,above and behind the pair. Slightly darkened spine/backstrip with some minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing,miniscule fraying to both head+ foot of same;rear board/cover clean,plain beige and undecorated.Negligible shelf-wear,creasing or bumping to edges and corners - no major nicks,splits,tears,or rubbing present,and grey+white vignette illustrated pastedowns and both free endpapers,solid hinges without any cracking,signatures and text block each in exceptional condition.Top+fore-edges lightly toned - much less than usually encountered for a book of it's age - both with some minimal,sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight and clean with minimal foxing - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.US,8vo HB,1st edn,vii-ixpp+3-201pp [paginated] includes What the Eagle Saw prelude,IX (9) chapters,17 single-page grey+white illustrations and profuse part-page and vignetted illustrations within the text and the book - all by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Plus [unpaginated - i.e without numbering] blank with listed titles to its recto, grey+white vignetted 'This Book belongs' etc. page with owner pencilled name with grey+white vignette to it's recto too,grey +white vignetted title page,grey+white vignetted contents list/table,individual chapter separator pages each with full page grey+white illustration to recto,last page of each chapter also unpaginated and also with grey+white vignette to it's recto,recto of last page unpaginated and 2pp blank at rear,as last page before eps. Stated copyright as follows: 'COPYRIGHT,1930, BY LUCY FITCH PERKINS ALL RIGHTS RESRVED, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM' to reverse of title page. I have another book from the series - 'THE ESKIMO TWINS' see my book ID rja881620 - copyright date of 1914 in an identical binding style,also without any further publication dates or issue/edns. Given the published date for that,of 1914 and the similar binding,could it be I'm incorrect in thinking it (THE ESKIMO TWINS') IS a 1st edn,as there is no other indication that it is NOT? Information welcomed. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier weight and the value of this item for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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