Secrets of Mother Nature

Author: Bess Hibarger, Illustrators: Pen drawings – Helen Strimple Hansen(?), Color – Various artist, 1942, First Edition, Morgan-Dillion & Co., Chicago, Ill

Condition: Hardcover textured marron cloth boards with gold lettering to the front board. The spine has wear at the top and bottom of the back strip. The boards have minimal wear but there is a small light blue paint spatter on the rear board. Corners all have some wear and bumping. Spine is straight and firm, with no cracking to the endpapers. Text block is solid with all pages firmly attached. Light age tanning throughout. There is a previous owner name on the front endpaper. All interior pages are otherwise clean with no tears, cracks, or other previous owner marks. A very hard to find out of print volume that includes twelve individual stories with half page color illustrations that are still bright and vibrant and black & white intext drawings. Unpaginated but approximately 96 pages. Dimensions: H – 9” W – 6”