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New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1923. 1st Edition (D-X). Hardcover. (pictorial cover; no dust jacket) [solid copy, light wear to extremities, two tiny rips in cloth at top of spine, ownership signature (see note) and additional gift signature on ffep]. (frontispiece + 3 illus. plates) Fourth book (of five) in the "Catty Atkins" series, an early juvenile fiction series (published between 1920 and 1924) by this popular author who once referred to himself as "the best second-rate writer in America." The Atkins books actually filled a sort of interregnum in the middle of his other series, the "Mark Tidd" adventures, which comprised six books which published from 1913 through 1918, followed by three more in the late 1920s. Catty and his best buddy Wee-wee Moore (who narrates the tales) are small-town go-getters, somewhat in the mischievous-American-boy mold of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, although I'd be hard-pressed to tell you which… Read More

NY: Harpers, 1923. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. W.W. Clarke. First Edition stated with code D-X; good in original decorated brown cloth, no dj. Bump on bottom edges; spine ends rumpled and worn; owner's name ffep; front hinge starting, rear hinge weak; frontispiece coming loose; cracked throughout. 247 pp. + 4 plates.

CATTY ATKINS FINANCIER, Harpers, 1923, first edition, closed tear to margin of base of one illustration (never entering the artwork), else a tight vg or better copy.

New York NY: Harper & Brothers. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name; Catty Atkins; Vol. 4; B&W Illustrations; 247 pages .