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PEGGY OF OLD ANNAPOLIS
by Hawthorne Daniel New York: Coward McCann, Inc., 1930. This title was later reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap. Enhanced with illustrations by R.A. Holberg. Illustrated with a color frontispiece depicting Peggy feeding a pigeon accompanied by an exclaiming Black maid, and with six striking black-and-white plate illustrations, plus various vignette and character illustrations as chapter-title pages. Four of the six black-and-white plate illustrations depict black servants aiding Peggy and the cause. The historically based story set in Annapolis during the start of the Revolutionary War. Peggy Pendleton, a young lady of an aristocratic family in Annapolis, is featured in this well-researched young-adult tale of mystery, intrigue, and adventure. To convey the views of conflict, Daniel portrays Peggy's father as a supporter of King George and with the firm opinion that the 'patriots are in the wrong' Peggy becomes involved, with a differing opinion, because of a tired carrier pigeon that landed on her lawn. Former owner's short inscription, dated 1930, and a charming bookplate depicting a young girl on a swing to the front endpaper, else very nearly fine in fresh sky-blue linen with black embossed titles, decorative borders and illustration depicting a wing-flapping bird against the moon to the front cover, and with black embossed titles and decorations to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with minute rubbing, light soiling and very short shelf-edge tears; original $2.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. Dust jacket art and internal illustrations by R.A. Holberg. Nicely presentable--especially in a lovely illustrated dust jacket. Quite scare in this original Coward-McCann first edition! FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |