Tommy and the Wishing Stone by Thornton W. Burgess. First printing

Tommy and the Wishing Stone by Thornton W. Burgess. The Century Co. 1915. "Published, September, 1915" stated with no statement of later printings. 5" x 7" Hard cover with no dust jacket. 290 pages. Approximitely 40 full page black and white illustrations. Cover edge wear, a bit heavy at the top corners of the spine. Decoration on the spine is somewhat faded. Light soiling to the cover, probably from handling. Previous owner bookplate on the first blank page. Paper opposite the book plate and most if not all of the full page illustrations show what appear to be a foxing or tanning, apparently a chemical reaction to the paper. These do not effect the flexibilty of the paper. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DH11a"Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was an American conservat