The Campfire Girls Go Motoring or Along the Road that Leads the Way

New York, New York, U.S.A.: A. L. Burt Company, 1916. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Davis, J. Watson . One of the very first series books created for young girls at the turn of the 20th century, drawing on the popularity of the very first social organization for females, the Camp Fire Girls, which had been modeled on the Boy Scouts. The girls in the books, all from Cleveland, Ohio, engaged in wholesome activities while camping, exploring, adventuring, or doing service work. This is book #4 in a series of only 10 penned by Hildegard G. Frey, the only ones officially endorsed by the Camp Fire Girls Organization. Other writers had written previous stories, & would continue to after these. From one young girl's collection, this 1916 book is a later printing of the FIRST EDITION from 1916, with the undecorated Second State binding & Second State DJ art: drawn by renowned children's book illustrator Thelma Gooch, these were more colorful & showed the girls in different clothes engaged in different activities from the book. Hardcover 8vo 12mo (5.25" x 7.5") has blue cloth-covered boards lettered plainly in black to front & spine. In 240 pages + a "save the wrapper" notice + 15 pages of ads for other children's series in rear. Glossy frontispiece by J. Watson Davis (better known for illustrating the Horatio Alger series). Condition is VG+: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & square, hinges secure, pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning, heavier around edges with offsetting to endpapers. Unmarked save for former owner's bookplate to ffep. Clean, unworn edges & crisp corners.The unclipped DJ is VG: colorful & bright, with minor chipping & creasing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos show the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.