I may be save on shipping and pass that on to you. Purchasing outside of the USA or more than one item? Contact me for shipping rates. Want a different shipping option? Just ask! I ship Free to the USA using USPS Media Mail. I will package and ship your new book so that it arrives in your home in the same condition it left mine. The pages have yellowed some with age but are not brittle. Otherwise, there is no writing or other marks. Inside, there is a name plate from a previous owner and a book store's price in pencil. The cloth cover shows moderate wear with a few spot stains and a larger stain on the lower left front cover. This 80+ year old book is in good to very good condition. Published in 1940 by Doubleday Doran & Company, this is a First Edition. Written and beautifully illustrated by Newbery Medal recipient Marguerite de Angeli. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.A glimpse of Quaker life in pre-civil war Philadelphia, this is the story of 9 year old Hannah, who meets a runaway slave. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Much of the collection consists of drafts and artwork for twenty-six of de Angeli’s children’s books.
We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. This collection contains the papers of children’s book author and illustrator Marguerite de Angeli (1889-1987), with materials dating from 1914 to 1982 (bulk 1935-1977).
8vo, unpaginated, color and b&w illustrations.
A Very Good, grey cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt illustration on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some scuff and smudge marks to boards, some rubbing and sunning along board and spine edges, spine lean, small rub mark bottom text block corner, small and faint smudge mark bottom text block edge near spine, mild scattered foxing top text block edge, bit of age toning to pages, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, all four flap corners neatly clipped, few bookworm holes mid front panel, some sunning to panels/flaps and verso, some bookworm abrasions to verso panels, Dust wrapper. Doubleday Doran and Company New York, 1940.
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