New York: Harper & Bros, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Slim 12mo. (5 1/4" x 7 1/2") in olive green cloth lettered in white and ecorated in wite and red with drawing of a pathetic looking little girl begging with a tin canand a sign reading "Pitty a Blind Widdy with Six Children'. 42pp. , illustrations by Rose Cecil O'Neill. Good, generally worn about the edges and spine extremities and rubbing to the lettering. A little girl of blue-blood descent befriends a ragged girl from poor background.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E21803
Title: For Love Of Mary Ellen: A Romance of Childhood
Author: Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Harper & Bros
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1912
Keywords: children, romance, childhood, poor,
Bookseller catalogs: Children;

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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