DOROTHY DALE'S ENGAGEMENT, #12 in series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1917). Hardcover first edition - A title in the first girls' series - "one of the most popular series of books for girls ever published" - produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and using a house name as the author. "Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. When her father falls sick, the girl shows what she can to do to support the family." Glossy frontispiece, and three inserted glossy plates. Lists to self at front of book. 248 pp.plus 4 pp publisher's ads
Condition: Fair condition only - missing front endpaper, both hinges cracked, some fraying to the ends of the spine, but overall a good reading copy of a rather hard-to-find title.