A Surprise To The Children HC 1933

A Surprise To The Children Hardcover – , 1933 in worn condition .A Surprise To The Children FIRST EDITION 1933 Rare find! J.H. Dowd, Illustrator Text by Mary Kennedy NY. Doubleday and Son: 1933. Indicated First Edition. Hardback 8.5X10 inches. 88 pages. Cloth-backed paper boards. This is in many ways the most interesting of Dowd's children's books because it contains not only the black and white sketches for which he is so rightly admired, but 5 full page color illustrations as well. In addition there are 13 full page black and white drawings. All of these on glossy paper. In addition to these there are decorations around the musical scores, chapter head drawings and various other decorations. Condition: Text and photos are clean and bright. Minor tanning of edge pages and a few water stains on some pages, but not too many. No dust jacket, cloth backed boards. Color pictorial on front cover.