"THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SPRUCE LAKE" (VINTAGE 1930 BOOK, WITH RARE BOOK JACKET)
this classic, beloved series by laura lee hope was published by grosset & dunlap/new york. this vintage 1930 book comes with a rare, intact book jacket. vintage items come as-is. please click through all the photos carefully. a sweet vintage birthday inscription appears on an inside page: "to judy on her 9th birthday from mother & daddy" this book jacket is in terrific shape. the book itself is also in very, very good shape. the only flaws: a tiny bit of aging around the edges and the inside book cover illustrations being embellished by a young reader (probably a creative nine-year-old named judy), who colored in some of the red-and-white line drawings with a bit of crayon (see the photo). the back inside cover illustrations have no crayon. i discovered this book and many others in a tiny town's antique store on the square. the elderly owner was a lifelong, passionate book collector. the store is in an old five-and-dime store, with most of the inventory being shelves and she