Author Name: Thompson, William Edgar
Title: Aunt Chloe and Her Birds
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Size: 8vo - Over 8" - 9" Tall
Publisher: Lynchburg, VA Piedmont Publishing Co. 1925
Illustrator: Mumford, A. W.
Seller ID: 002733
118 pp, green cloth covered boards w/gilt lettering w/10 full-page color photos copyrighted in 1900 by A.W. Mumford, Chicago. The book contains seven stories: The Baltimore Oriole, Turtle Dove, Dat Bird O' Satan, The Cat Bird, The Big Convention, The Crane and Sawney and the Crows. Aunt Chloe describes her experiences with the different birds in her stories. The ten illustrations are catbird, baltimore oriole, robin, ruby-throated hummingbird, american blue-jay, cardinal, great gray owl, house wren, red-headed woodpecker, and mockingbird. Aunt Chloe tells her stories in black southern dialect. bookplate partially removed from the FPD, light stain top corner.
Nature Birds Ornithology Juvenile Literature Children's Short Stories Plantation Dialect
Price =
27.16 USD |
