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H. E. Rector. Very Good+. 1938. 1st Edition. 3-ring binder. The diary of a Danish immigrant from Germany translated and typewritten on old typewriter in 1938. Begins January 1887, ends with November 1892. Elena died February 5, 1893, in Houston, Texas. Genealogy of the Hinrichsen/Hansen family is at the end of the diary, followed by a chronological listing of the events in her life from 1887-1892. She was born December 16, 1834 on the Isle Fohr, Denmark. Edgewear and rust on the hinges of this very old binder. Interior pages are clean and undamaged. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 30093 .

Little, Brown. Very Good+ in Good+ Dust Jacket. 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Written in the voice of a 13-year-old girl who is witty and bright. This "journal" of hers shows a young lady who takes all her perks for granted and uses advertisements to illustrate her entries. An example is a color full-page advertisement of ladies fashionable hats of the day. The author also illustrated all these beautiful "ads" and was himself born in 1913 near Winnebago. Lovely to read and lovely to look at. Red cloth boards and endpapers. A gift note on red ffep. The DJ, beautiful as it is, is price clipped and chipped here and there, with one closed tear and a hole the size of a dime on the spine. It is now in a mylar book jacket cover. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 84 pages; 30536 .