Joan's Garden of Adventure

Second book in a series of only two titles featuring Joan, a red-haired orphan who represents "America's child, to whom a miracle happens. Here, she has grown up & is a popular girl with a love of romance, friends, & a special horse. Like many of her female counterparts in Ms. Garis' books, she also solves a mystery, like that most famous sleuth in the Stratemeyer syndicate's stable, Nancy Drew. Ms Garis was a writer in the Syndicate, but unique for a woman writer at the time, insisted on writing under her own name. A FIRST EDITION, unknown printing, from 1924, in 246 pages + [4] pages in rear, including a publisher's notice & ads for other titles. Glossy frontispiece + 3 glossy internals by illustrator Thelma Gooch. Hardcover 12mo has light blue cloth-covered boards stamped with a darker blue image of Joan to front cover with lighter blue lettering to front/dark blue to spine. Condition is just Good: very clean, interior pages are creamy white with mild, age-appropriate tanning. Completely unmarked save or former owner's name, school, & date to ffep. Exterior shows heavy rubbing both to extremities & board surfaces, fading, & bumping to corners & both ends of spine. The unclipped DJ is Good+, with staining to spine & paper loss along front flap fold, minor edgewear at corners & spine; nicely protected in clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Product Info

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Year: 1924

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Seller Info

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Country: United States