Mimi, Momo and Miss Tabby Tibbs; or, Highlife in the Attic
Chicago: Gordon Volland Publications / Buzza Company, 1927. Very Good. Item #10780
Chicago: Gordon Volland Publications / Buzza Company, 1927. Third Printing. Slim square 12mo (17.5cm); publisher's pictorial cloth-backed boards; [48]pp.; color illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities, smallish abrasion to front cover from previously removed price sticker affecting the "and" in the title, contemporary ownership ex libris to front free endpaper verso, else Very Good, contents clean and sound.
Delightful children's book illustrated by the author and designer Katharine Sturges in which a closet full of dolls come to life to throw a jolly tea party. Dedicated to Sturges' two sons, Joey and Hilary Knight, the latter best known for providing the illustrations to Kay Thompson's Eloise series.
Though the book appears to have gone through a number of printings, OCLC locates just five copies as of August, 2021, at U. Connecticut, the Chicago Public Library, Princeton, U. Oregon, and Bryn Mawr.
Price: $65.00