Cockatoo
New York: Macmillan, 1929.
Illustrated by Robert Crowther. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Item #15440
Christmas 1929 gift inscription, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1" chip at spine tail, snag midway on spine, dampstains, rubbed white dust jacket, small chips and tears, wear. ; "Here is a mystery tale for girls who love excitement and the thrill of unravelling a plot. Who Opal really was and where her beautiful white cockatoo came from is not know until the end of the story when many strange things are explained. A little Maine village is the setting for these adventures and in the background is an unusual family of very real young people who spend many happy months together on the Maine coast." First book by prolific Maine author Gladys Hasty Carroll, followed by another Maine juvenile, then her breakthough, Pulitzer nominated, bestseller As The Earth Turns. ; 223 pages.
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