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THE MISSING HALF.
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.)
Book ID: 30821More details Price: $75.00 -
THE MYSTERY OF THE FOLDING KEY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery connecting World War II with 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, and when the box 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. One of Seaman's most difficult to find titles, and very scarce in dust jacket. 208 pp.
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)
Book ID: 88715More details Price: $500.00
