Charlet

1938 · 13163scs — Chicago: Albert Whitman 1938. First Edition. Octavo bright pink cloth hardcover with full-color illus. paper label color lithographs 75 pp. Top inch of spine’s cloth missing heavy edgewear along top; otherwise a bright and attractive copy IN RARE DUST JACKET. Dust jacket in Good condition with top inch of spine missing & general edgewear & rubbing. From jacket: A gay and colorful picture book story of the happier side of life in present-day India. The story deals with a boy and girl of a respectable caste and with their life in the small town of Madura India. The little girl Meenakshi and her brother Arumukam go by ox cart with their parents to Madura to see the god Siva and the goddess Meenakshi for wom the Indian girl is named. It is Fair Day and the cliimax of the family’s adventures comes as quite a surprise to the two children. Albert Whitman, 1938. First Edition. hardcover books