The Story of California by May McNeer - 1944

First edition hardcover, published by Harper & Brothers, 1944. No dust jacket. Part of a series of illustrated children's books on the regions of the United States published by Harper with illustrations by Cornelius Hugh de Witt. Unpaginated, approx 40 pages, 10-1/8" X 11-1/8". Generously illustrated with scenes of the history and geography of California in four color lithographs of de Witt, many of which are full page illustrations. Illustrated boards with brown cloth covered spine. Illustrated map pastedown-ffep pages. The binding is tight and square. The boards are flat, and show only minor edge wear at the bottom and top edges and to the very tips of the corners. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. This is not a library discard. The spine is entirely intact. Text pages show age tanning, which is typical of these editions considering the wartime paper stock used. A wonderful addition to the children's book collection. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory, we have more editions from this series as well.