Item #1787 Gusta, A Story of the Virgin Islands as Told by Sally Kelsey age 11 years. Illustrated by her father, Luman P. Kelsey. Sally and Luman KELSEY.
Gusta, A Story of the Virgin Islands as Told by Sally Kelsey age 11 years. Illustrated by her father, Luman P. Kelsey
Gusta, A Story of the Virgin Islands as Told by Sally Kelsey age 11 years. Illustrated by her father, Luman P. Kelsey
Gusta, A Story of the Virgin Islands as Told by Sally Kelsey age 11 years. Illustrated by her father, Luman P. Kelsey
Gusta, A Story of the Virgin Islands as Told by Sally Kelsey age 11 years. Illustrated by her father, Luman P. Kelsey

Gusta, A Story of the Virgin Islands as Told by Sally Kelsey age 11 years. Illustrated by her father, Luman P. Kelsey

New York: Island Press, 1950. Luman P. KELSEY. Wraps. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Copyright 1944. SIGNED by AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Second edition. Small 4to; [46]pp; pink stiff wrapper, black lettering and portrait on front, two staple binding; signed on title page; hand-lettered text within a border, b&w illustrations every page; light damp staining to wrapper not extending into text, sunning, curling of bottom corner; very good. Very good. Item #1787

The story of a young boy who lived in the Virgin Islands with his parents. One gusty day, the wind lifts him onto a piece of metal roof and off he sails across the island for adventures!

Luman Pierre Kelsey (1906-1961) was a sculptor, ceramicist, and photographer. As a ceramicist, he produced pottery for the WPA Federal Arts Project.

Price: $200.00

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