[publisher: Doubleday, Doran and Co, Garden City, New York] Hardcover First Edition First Edition stated. Quarto, original illustrated boards and dustjacket. Illustrated with five lithographs on stone by the authors. Detailed and colorfully illustrated story of George Washington as a boy and young man. The authors are credited to be the first artists in the United States to return to the early craftsmen's method and make picture books by drawing the color illustrations directly on stone, giving the published versions the appearance of being the original. A scarce title and uncommon in complete and bright large format dustjacket. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, original $2.00 price at front flap, flap edges with mild wear, spine ends with few tiny nicks and mild wear. An attractive copy.
[Northampton, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1936]
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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Date: 1936. First edition (stated). Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition, signed by the authors, of their charmingly illustrated biography of America's first president. 12.25'' x 8.75''. Original cloth backed color pictorial boards. Original unclipped color pictorial dust jacket ($2.00). Illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout. [56] pages. Signed in ink by authors across first blank. Very light wear to edges of jacket, with several small closed tears with tape repairs on verso. Mild rubbing to edges of binding with light toning to upper extremities. A bright, clean copy. 1936. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc [US]