The Girl Scouts at home, or, Rosanna's beautiful day / by Katherine Keene Galt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galt, Katherine Keene, author.

Contributor:

Saalfield Pub. Co., publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Series:

Girl Scouts series ; volume 1

Books for young people ; set no. 1331

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girl Scouts--Juvenile fiction.

Girl Scouts.

Orphans--Juvenile fiction.

Orphans.

Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.

Grandmothers.

Classism--Juvenile fiction.

Classism.

Louisville (Ky.)--Juvenile fiction.

Louisville (Ky.).

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Publishers' advertisements.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[166] pages : 1 illustration ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Girl Scouts at home

Rosanna's beautiful day

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; Akron, Ohio, ; New York : The Saalfield Publishing Company, [1930?]

Notes:

Publication date conjectured from manuscript date ("1930") on slip case of Penn Libraries Schimmel Collection copy.

Frontispiece illustration on verso of front free endpaper.

Series statement ("Girl Scouts Series, Volume 1") at head of title leaf.

First of three volumes issued together in slip case covered in decorative paper (colored pattern of children's toys) with label ("BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Set No. 1331 [the number supplied by a stamp] The Saalfield publishing Co. Akron, Ohio") on top of case. Each volume in dust jacket with color illustration (signed: J. Weage) of 2 Girl Scouts in uniform on a hill on cover; title, author's surname, color vignette of a Girl Scout in uniform, and publisher's name on spine; publisher's advertisements on back cover and flaps.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy housed as issued with: Galt, Katherine Keene. The Girl Scouts rally, or, Rosanna wins. Chicago ; Akron, Ohio ; New York : The Saalfield Publishing Company, [1930?] (Schimmel Fiction 5913) -- Galt, Katherine Keene. The Girl Scout's triumph, or, Rosanna's sacrifice. Chicago ; Akron, Ohio ; New York : The Saalfield Publishing Company, [1930?] (Schimmel Fiction 5914).

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy: slip case and dust jacket retained. Dust jacket has publisher's advertisement for The Billy Whiskers Series ("per volume, $1.25") on back cover; publisher's advertisment for Every Child's Library ("per volume, $.60") on front flap and for John Newbery Series ("per volume, $.50") on back flap.

OCLC:

1280524482