Set of Ten Children's Books Gifted to Shirley Temple in 1937, with Inscription

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9" (23 cm.) The ten matching children's books feature stories of children in various lands including The Little Dutch Tulip Girl, Little Jeanne from France, Little Anne of Canada and so forth. Each has a red and black illustration on the pale blue cover, and the interior pages feature actual photographs of children in story settings. Written by Madeline Brandeis, who had produced films in the late 1920s and 1930s featuring these books. The frontispiece of a book bears the inscription "To dear little Shirley Temple from Shirley Domay 1937" which is the year that Brandeis published her book Adventures in Hollywood (not included here). Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Excellent condition except Little Phillippe of Belgium with cover stains.