New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Louise Mansfield. First edition. Blue cloth. In good condition, with some edgewear and fading to the spine. Some foxing to the perimeter and the pages from front free-end to the dedication page. Non-author gift inscription on front free end. Clean, tight interior, with full-color plate opposite the title page. Hardcover. 144 pp. A historical novel about a family of Philadelphia homesteaders when America was young and George Washington was president. With pen & ink drawings.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: AE29718
Title: Wind in the Chimney
Author: Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator: Louise Mansfield
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1934
Keywords: Vintage children, kids, historical novel, Philadelphia, George Washington, vintage, Founding Fathers, colonial, American history, Pennsylvania, American revolution
Bookseller catalogs: Children;

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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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