The Little Lead Soldier
Phila: Penn Publishing, 1919. Hattie Longstreet Price. First. Cloth. First edition. Light blue cloth with tipped on color cover illustration. Color frontispiece and four color plates as well as drawings throughout the text. Classic children's fantasy tale of a little lead toy soldier whose maker paints him in bright French military colors, gives him a stout heart, a memory and some other wonderful gifs nd sends him out into the world. The Little Soldier relates to Nino and Lena the adventures which take him across the earth and under the sea. A tight copy, with some staining to the head of the spine and top edges of the boards. The cover illustration is still nice and bright. 1919 Christmas gift inscr. front free endpaper. Pieces of the dust jacket, including the almost entire front panel, are laid in. Very Good. Item #D8782B
Price: $35.00