Shirley's Childhood Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Inscription From Mother

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9" (23 cm.) x 6 1/2". With vividly color-illustrated cover, the 204-page hardbound book, published by Garden City (undated), is filled with "Old Tales from the North", various folk and fairy tales, with illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Contents complete and excellent with some paper age darkening at edges, stain on front cover. On the frontispiece is an ink inscription "To Shirley Dear from ‘Mommy', Apr. 23, ‘35", indicated it as a birthday gift on her seventh birthday.