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The girls of Lighthouse Island, or, The strange sea chest / by May Hollis Barton ... ; illustrated.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 6394
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Barton, May Hollis, author.
Contributor:
Cupples & Leon Company, publisher.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Series:
Barton, May Hollis. Books for girls
Books for girls
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Girls--Juvenile fiction.
Girls.
Lighthouses--Juvenile fiction.
Lighthouses.
Genre:
Publishers' advertisements.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6394) (Schimmel 6395))
Bridges, Mary Seavey, 1920-2013 (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6395))
Becker, Phyllis Coy, 1916-1998 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6395))
Hayes, Karen Bridges, 1941-2024 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6395))
Morris, Philip Edward, 1887-1986 (label) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6395))
Physical Description:
[4], 204, [8] pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 20 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Cupples & Leon Company publishers, [1929]
Notes:
Publisher's advertisements on verso of title leaf and pages [205]-[212].
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copies (Schimmel 6394 and 6395) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6394): frontispiece plate detached and laid in.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6395) imperfect: frontispiece plate wanting.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6395) has manuscript inscription ("Mary from Phyllis") recording the gift of this volume to Mary Etta Seavey (later Bridges; 1920-2013) from her maternal cousin Phyllis Letitia Coy (later Becker; 1916-1998) on front free endpaper; autograph ("Karen E. Bridges Grade 4 Box 48 Wells, Maine") of Mary's daughter Karen Elizabeth Bridges (later Hayes; 1941-2024) in pencil on front free endpaper.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6395) has bookseller's green label ("PHILIP MORRIS STATIONERS BOOKSELLERS NASHUA, N.H.") of Philip Edward Morris (1887-1986) on front free endpaper.
OCLC:
37517355

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