"Copper-Toed Boots" by Marguerite de Angeli,illustrated with lithographs by the author, published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1938 [1950s' printing with "Black Fox of Lorne" (1956) being the last listed title by the author].

Illustrated hard boards [a little wear and soiling], black cloth spine with silver lettering; 6.1/4" x 9.1/2"; 94 pages + the list of books by the author, printed on high quality glossy paper, a few page corner folds, very good condition.

"As a child, Marguerite loved to hear her father tell the story of the red leather-topped copper-toed boots he prized when he was a boy. Recreating the mischievous adventures of that boy through a Michigan summer, Copper-Toed Boots escapes to a time of "tradin" with schoolmates, "tradin" at the store, and picnicking during blackberry season. Children of all ages will delight in this realistic portrayal of mid-nineteenth century rural life. From classroom antics to the day the circus comes to town, Marguerite de Angeli vivdly depicts the folk happenings of a little American town." [a review]

Marguerite de Angeli (1889-1987) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books including the 1950 Newbery Award winning book The Door in the Wall. She wrote and illustrated twenty-eight of her own books, and illustrated more than three dozen books and numerous magazine stories and articles for other authors.

In her illustrations Marguerite de Angeli employed a number of different media, including charcoal, pen and ink, lithograph (only in earliest work), oils, and watercolors. She was twice named a Caldecott Honor Book illustrator, first in 1945 for Yonie Wondernose and again in 1955 for Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes. She received a 1950 Newbery Medal, for The Door in the Wall, which also won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1961, a 1957 Newbery Honor mention for Black Fox of Lorne, a 1961 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and the 1968 Regina Medal. De Angeli was named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania in 1958.

US: Priority (c.2-5 days) ----------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) ------ $27.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ------- $34.50