The Land of Really True, Being the Everyday Life of Great-A, Little-a and Bouncing-B
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, Publishers, 1909, September. Elenore Plaisted ABBOTT, Helen Alden KNIPE. First Edition. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMEN ILLUSTRATORS]. Elenore Plaisted ABBOTT and Helen Alden KNIPE, illustrators.
First edition. 8vo; 187pp; navy cloth over board, color pictorial onlay on front board featuring a woman reading a book to 3 children; color pictorial endpapers in orange; ownership and holly sticker to ffep; crack in ep at the hinge but holding tight; color fp; 22 color plates; scuffing to boards; very good plus. Very good +. Item #1841
The adventures of the 7-year-old Brownlee triplets, Adoniram, Abigail, and Bartholomew nicknamed Great-A, Little-a and Bounding-B. The second book by Olmsted about the triplets, the first titled The Land of Never Was, was published in 1908.
Price: $50.00