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Boston: Little Brown And Company, 1917 Grey cloth boards in near fine condition, 1917 on the title page, on the back of the title page stated published, March 1917. This is The Bedtime Story-Books. <p>

Six grey and white illustrations , one being the front piece.<p>

Mylar covered dust jacket in very good condition. 1 1/2" tear top left hand edge , next to the spine. Sixteen titles listed on the back of the
dust jacket. The last one being number 16 The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack and number 15 The Adventures Of Paddy The Beaver. Some very tiny chips and tears top of the back of the dust jacket.<p>

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926 Tan and Red illustrated cloth boards in near fine condition, Dust jacket mylar covered in very good condition.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1932 Grey and red cloth boards near fine.<p>

Dust jacket mylar covered, very good.<p>

Five grey and white full page illustrations plus the front piece.

Phoenix, Arizona: Library Book Supply Co., 1940 Yellow illustrated paper paste down the full length of the front board.
Cracked spine, cracked in the middle and front. The book has a string binding. The book has 53 numbered pages.<p>

The book is signed by the author kind of in the center of the centipede, has some taped large tears on the page where the
book is signed.<p>

An interesting newspaper clipping about Alice Barber and her love for
animals.<p>

She took in animals. She had 12 doberman pinchers, six goats, a burro, a donkey and a flock of pigeons that lived with the former school teacher. Years ago she created a world of friends for the Tucson schoolchildren. Carlos the centipede, Billy the beetle, Helen the spider. She was known as "the animal lady" to second graders that she taught at El Rio Elementary School, because she used to
bring everything from gila monsters to skunks into her classroom.<p>

She was a recluse, a weird old lady as one teenager… Read More