Racine: Whitman Publishing, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. No date (1924, possibly earlier with no titles in ads at rear after 1916). Hardcover in grey cloth with spine lettered in black and color full plate tipped onto front cover featuring a brownie riding a horse. (Later printings had plain covers.) Fancifully decorated endpapers printed in pink. 203 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's ads at rear. With 15 full page color plates and additional black and white drawings by Alice Carsey. A fine, tight, bright example, few tiny spots to the front gutter area. An exemplary copy.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E13382B
Title: Adventures Of A Brownie
Author: Miss Mulock (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Place of Publication: Racine
Date Published: 1924
Keywords: children, juvenile, brownies,
Bookseller catalogs: Children;

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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