Star Guard

New York: Ace Books. Very Good-. 1955. Reprint. Paperback. SIGNED EDITION. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a noticeable slant to the spine, several creases to the spine and spine joints, a small spot of color lifted from the front cover and some toning to the rear cover. The text pages are clean, but somewhat darkened due to the acid content of the paper. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. "After graduating from high school in 1930, Norton planned to become a teacher and began studying at Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University. However, in 1932 she had to leave because of the Depression and began working for the Cleveland Library System, where she remained for 18 years, latterly in the children's section of the Nottingham Branch Library in Cleveland. In 1934, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton, a pen name she had adopted to increase her marketability since boys were the main audience for fantasy. Her first book was published by D. Appleton–Century Company that year, with illustrations by Kate Seredy, titled The Prince Commands, being sundry adventures of Michael Karl, sometime crown prince & pretender to the throne of Morvania (cataloged by the U. S. Library of Congress as by "André Norton") "; Signed by Author .