Nursery Friends from France by Miller, Olive Beaupre - 1927

The Book House for Children, 1927. Hardcover. Oversize quarto (8x11"). Illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham. No dust jacket, blue buckram boards worn and scuffed but clean. A few pages have tape-mended tears but are fully legible. Many many gorgeous illustrations. Pages clean, binding sound.

The Book Home for Children, 1952. Interior is excellent. Light wear to cover.

Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1952. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. In blue cloth with gilt titling, pictorial upper cover label, 4to, 191pp. (shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, tips and corners, light fading/dulling to cloth).

Chicago: The Book House for Children, (1950).. (1950).. Good. - Quarto, blue cloth titled in gilt with oval color illustration mounted on front cover. The covers are bumped & there are a few small stains to the rear cover. 191 pp. There are 2 ink names, 1 crossed out, on the front endpaper. Color pictorial endpaper maps & profuse color illustrations by Maud & Miska Petersham, & music staves. Very good. <p>My Travelship series. 28th printing.<p>A collection of French chansons in translation. In many cases, music is provided with the original French printed in addition to the English translation.

Chicago, IL: The Book House for Children. 30th printing. Boards have moderate edge wear, interior is clean. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1954.

Book House for Children, 1952. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Petersham, Maud & Miska. 191pp. Charming color illustrations. Musical scores. Color pictorial endpapers are map of France. Blue cloth covers with color pastedown on front, and gilt lettering on front and spine. Twenty-ninth printing. Contents are clean. Top text block edge has a small tan spot. Top and bottom spine, and cover corners, are lightly rubbed.. Selling online since 1999. Quick shipping; Secure packing!

Chicago : The Book House for Children. 1927. fair. Hardcover. ca. 11" tall; 191pp including index; green cover; paste-down il is in poor condition with large chip & severe rubbing; lovely Petersham ils each page & on endpages; very heavy wear to extrems of cover; school name, grade, & date (1936) written on free front endpage; moisture stains & rippling to bottom & fore edges; bottom corner of one page is torn & taped .

Chicago and Toronto: The Book House for children, 1927. Later printing. Poor. 28 cm; 191 pages. Illustrated in color throughout. Bound in blue cloth with color illustration mounted to front cover. Pictorial endleaves. Covers quite worn; first leaves loose. Cover illustration a bit scratched One of three titles in the "My Travelship" series of readings for home education. The highly illustrated text consists of stories, songs, and folklore from France.

Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1925. Book. Illus. by Maud and Miska Petersham. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue textured cloth, lettered in gilt, color front cover pastedown illus. 29th ptg.: 1952. Mild rubbing to corners and spine extremities, spine panel somewhat tanned, text block edges also a bit tanned and showing minor staining. 191 pp..

Hardcover Book. Edition not stated. Binding square and tight and contents clean and unmarked. Pages lightly aged. Front cover is lightly soiled and rear cover shows wear and what appears to be white paint stains. A delightful collection of nursery rhymes with musical notation from France, with beautiful color illustrations throughout by the award winning Maud and Miska Petersham. If not for the staining to the rear cover this would be a VG+ copy. Still very solid and collectible.