Description
Bailey, Arthur Scott. New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1918 . Reprint edition, circa late 1920s (featuring publisher’s advertisements on rear jacket panel listing Honey Bunch titles through ‘Her First Trip in an Airplane’, published in 1928). Small Octavo (approx. 5.0 x 7.5 inches). 114 pages. Bound in publisher’s original bright orange cloth, stamped with black lettering and three diamond animal vignettes to the front board. Pictorial two-tone endpapers printed in orange and black. In the original publisher’s pictorial dust jacket featuring color cover artwork. Part of the popular ‘Tuck-Me-In Tales’ series, following the adventures of Betsy Butterfly and her insect neighbors in the meadow. A solid, very attractive copy with a square, firm spine and clean cloth; the dust jacket shows mild edge wear, small chips and tears and shallow creasing along extremities, with some stains to rear panel, otherwise complete and presentable. Uncommon in jacket. Book: Very Good. Dust Jacket: Good.
