MINNIE THE MERMAID
London, England: Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo, 6.2 in. x 6.2 in. Unpaginated.Blue-green cloth boards with dark blue title to front and spine. Cloth is lightly mottled. Light shelfwear to edges of boards. Discrete university de-accension stamp to front pastedown; otherwise, unmarked. Hinge and spine tight. Sunning to dustjacket spine; rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Large chip to top of dustjacket spine, and several small closed tears and chips to dustjacket edges. Protected in mylar. Very Good / Good Only. Item #87028
Elizabeth Orton Jones (1910 – M2005) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. She won the 1945 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing Prayer for a Child, after being a runner-up one year earlier.
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