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These Happy Golden Years; With Pictures by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle
by Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/good. First edition, first printing of These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the eighth book in the Little House series.. Octavo, [10], 299pp., [1]. Stated "first edition" on copyright page, with "A-S" date below. Light tan cloth, title printed in blue on spine, title and illustration on front cover. Residual dust along top edge of text block, faint foxing to rear endpaper, general toning throughout. Solid text block, free of any marks or notable damage. Complete with 14 black and white illustrations and a color frontispiece. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.00 on front flap, toning and soiling to the spine, chipping along top edge, general toning to all covers, a presentable jacket. These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1943, was a 1944 Newbery Honor book. This is the eighth of 9 books in the Little House series.
Synopsis
These Happy Golden Years, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, was published in 1943 and is the eighth of nine books written in her Little House series, also known as The Laura Years. This book is based on Laura's teenhood near De Smet, South Dakota, in the late 19th century, and focuses on Laura's short time as a teacher and her courtship with her future husband, Almanzo Wilder. These Happy Golden Years spans the time period from 1882 to 1885, when Laura marries Almanzo.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11817
- Title
- These Happy Golden Years; With Pictures by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle
- Author
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Illustrator
- First edition, first printing of These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the eighth book in the Little House series.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- first edition little house on the prairie, first edition Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, Farmer Boy Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy
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