Seven-Volume Set Lands and People with Custom Presentation by Sidney Rosenau

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9 1/2" (24 cm.) x 6". The set of seven hard-bound books with purple leatherette covers, each featuring a stylized impressed illustration, was published by the Grolier Society in 1932. The set was presented to young child Shirley Temple by Sidney Rosenau with a bound-in gilt lettered presentation page at the front of Volume I (see photograph). Excellent condition. The set is shown in a private photograph (see above) featuring the bookshelves in young Shirley's bedroom at the time. Shortly thereafter, in 1934, Rosenau acquired the rights to use Shirley's name in the manufacture of a line of children's clothing under the Cinderella Frocks brand; this wildly successful clothing was produced throughout the 1930s and again in the 1950s. The friendship between the Rosenau family and Shirley Temple continued throughout this time.