Cherry Ames Rest Home Nurse
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, 1954. Frank VAUGHN. [JUVENILE] [SERIES BOOK]. Frank VAUGHN, illustrator.
Published between 1954-1961 with a dust jacket, this copy printed around 1955 as the front dj flap lists Cherry Ames, Boarding School Nurse. Number 15 in the Cherry Ames Series of books: Format III: reddish-brown tweed cover, gray eps, plain frontis; 12mo (7 ½” x 5”); 214pp; top edge stained navy; ffep has ownership in neat ink; vignette portrait on front board, lettering on spine in black; light spotting to edges; unclipped dust jacket with price of “100100” on front flap; chipping to upper and lower edges of spine with loss; near fine in good dj. (Axe p136). Item #2326
“At the Wayside Rest Home, near Hilton, Cherry is Nursing Supervisor. The patients have such problems as tracheotomies, rejecting their babies and obesity rather than issues pertaining to old age. Cherry also works on a theft case.” (Axe).
Price: $25.00