Lillian Elizabeth Roy Polly's Business and 12 similar items

POLLY'S BUSINESS VENTURE by Lillian Elizabeth Roy New York: Grosset Dunlap, Publishers,(1922). First edition EARLY printing. This fifth installment in the Polly Brewster series contains only four previous Polly titles printed to the title page, but lists nine Polly titles to a rear advertisement page. Elegant dust jacket art and four action scene illustrations on black-and-white plates by H.S. Barbour. A suspenseful Polly installment that centers on Polly traveling the country, buying curios and antiques for her new business venture. Polly delays her answer to a marriage proposal, for two years, in hopes that her boyfriend "will leave her in peace" while she creates her business. A hint of rubbing to the lower shelf-edges, else very nearly fine in blue linen with black and golden-tan embossed titles and decorations to the front cover, and with black embossed titles to the spine; in a near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket with a short, unobtrusive tear to the lower spine end. An especially nicely preserved collectible in dust jacket. Octavo; 301 pages; plus ten pages of ads. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT VINTAGE BOOKS THANKS!