Mary Frances Sewing Book JANE FRYER Children's Girls Doll Clothing in Dust Jacket

Title: The Mary Frances Sewing Book: Adventures Among the Thimble People

Author: Jane Eayre Fryer
Illustrator: Jane Allen Boyer

Description: Published circa 1919 (copyright date is 1913). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and color paste-on illustration on front cover. Interior is unmarked. Dust jacket is edge chipped and very rubbed at extremities. DJ in archival sleeve. All ten tissue patterns are present (and all but the first one are uncut). Four color illustrated plates including frontispiece. xiii, 280 pp. 9.25 x 7 inches.

The actual publication date, circa 1919, is based on the advertising on the dust jacket flaps, with the latest books listed being "The Camp Fire Girls in Glorious France" (1919) and "The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory" (1919). The rear panel of the jacket lists six Mary Frances titles, with "The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book" (1918, price $2.00) being the latest.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Good

Publisher: John C. Winston Co.
Place: Philadelphia
Year: 1913

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