Edition: 3rd printing (just one year after the first printing in 1941.)
New York: Appleton-Century, 1942. Hardcover - Story set in Bordentown, New Jersey - a town rich in Revolutionary history and legend - and in an old brick house on the edge of the river. Illustrated by Manning deV. Lee with a frontispiece and 3 plates on plain paper, and several small vignettes. 245 pp.
Condition: Good+ in rust colored cloth with brown lettering on spine (a clean copy, binding slightly cracked before the title page, some shelfwear to edges of boards and a little fraying at the ends of the spines and corners, but overall a straight and attractive copy.)
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943. dj. Hardcover first edition - A very hard to find later novel, scarce in dustjacket , by this prolific and pioneering author of novels for young adults and older children. Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was the first American to write mystery stories for young girls, and although some of her books are now almost unobtainable, she was very popular during her lifetime, with her books frequently on librarians' lists of recommended books. The 1929 book by Mahoney and Whitman, "Realms of Gold in ChildrenÕs Literature", includes nine of her books. Among the many later writers whom she influenced was Mildred Wirt Benson, the original author of the Nancy Drew series. When the first Nancy…
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943. dj. Hardcover first edition - A very hard to find later novel, scarce in dustjacket , by this prolific and pioneering author of novels for young adults and older children. Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was the first American to write mystery stories for young girls, and although some of her books are now almost unobtainable, she was very popular during her lifetime, with her books frequently on librarians' lists of recommended books. The 1929 book by Mahoney and Whitman, "Realms of Gold in ChildrenÕs Literature", includes nine of her books. Among the many later writers whom she influenced was Mildred Wirt Benson, the original author of the Nancy Drew series. When the first Nancy Drew book appeared in 1930, Seaman had already published 18 mysteries. As with many of her books, a current issue is linked to a mystery in the past - in this book, the ongoing World War II is connected with a mystery from the Civil War. When June and her young brother Chuck are collecting keys to aid in the war effort, they are given many by elderly Miss Abbie. After the box of keys is accidentally dropped they find a strange folding key - a key which enables them to resolve a mystery with its roots in the Civil War era. Illustrated by Manning de V Lee. Written late in her career, this is one of Seaman's most difficult to find titles, especially in dust jacket. 208 pp. ISBN: vl showc 12/24.
Condition: Near fine in dark green boards in a good only dust jacket with overall edgewear, some sunning to the spine, the loss of some paper at the ends of the spine, but complete and with price of $2.00 on dj flap)
THE MYSTERY OF THE FOLDING KEY.
