NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS: THUMBNAIL SKETCHES FROM HOME MISSIONS. New York, Chicago, London and Edinburgh, Fleming H. Revell Company, [1921]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-160 [161-162: blank] [note: publisher's pagination includes inserted frontispiece], inserted frontispiece (photographic illustration), original tan cloth, front panel stamped in black and gray, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Twenty-six very short stories of moral uplift designed for use in Sunday Schools for the various immigrant groups that contributed around the turn of the century to the American Melting Pot (Polish Neighbors, Italian, Bohemian, Chinese, etc.). Several of them take the form of fairy tales. Not in Smith. Early ownership signature on front free endpaper. A very good copy. (#134984).
Price: $25.00
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