The Seashore Book for Children
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1929, October. W.H. SOUTHWICK & George SUTTON. First Edition. [SIGNED] [JUVENILE] [NATURAL HISTORY]. W.H. SOUTHWICK and George SUTTON, illustrators.
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED. First edition. 8vo; 336pp; blue cloth over board, color pictorial onlay of an underwater scene framed by gilt fillets and a green seaweed pattern; gilt stamped lettering on front and spine; author inscription and signature on ffep “This book was written to help you to know the shore folk. Thornton W. Burgess, 1929, The Author”; color fp and 47 additional plates, a few in b&w; loss of color on bottom corners with associated light staining on some pages, light damp staining on some top edges, age-toned paper; very good. Item #2270
One of the wonderful children’s books on the natural world by Thornton Burgess (1874-1965), the Massachusetts conservationist. He was a prolific writer penning over 170 books and 15,000 stories for his daily newspaper column. (WIKI) This book teaches its readers about the natural world through storytelling and with realistic illustrations.
Price: $395.00