The Campfire Girls at Onoway House or the Magic Garden

New York, New York, U.S.A.: A. L. Burt Company, 1916. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/G+. Davis, J. Watson; Gooch, Thelma. 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 #3 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 in its FIRST EDITION, First State binding, but with a Second State DJ: 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 bright green cloth-covered boards decorated on front & spine with images of Camp Fire girls engaged in various activities, lettered in black & red to front & spine. In 234 pages + "save the wrapper" notice + 21 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 Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & square, hinges secure, pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning, heavier around edges, but completely unmarked. Edges crisp with only slight bumping to corners. The unclipped DJ is Good+, downgraded due to a significant triangular chip to mid spine, edging onto front cover, & lesser chips & creases & rubbing all around 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.