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1914 BOOK THE MARY FRANCES HOUSEKEEPER OR ADVENTURES AMONG DOLL PEOPLE BY FRYER. DECORATED HARDCOVER WITH NO DUST JACKET APP. THE FRONT COVER END-BOARD IS ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING BUT NOT LOOSE (LOOK AT LAST PHOTO). SOLD AS IS WITH PAGE 31-32 MISSING. I REPEAT AS IS. UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1914 BOOK ''THE MARY FRANCES HOUSEKEEPER OR ADVENTURES AMONG THE DOLL PEOPLE'' BY JANE EAYRE FRYER AND PUBLISHED BY JOHN C. WINSTON. DECORATED HARDCOVER WITH NO DUST JACKET APP. 7'' X 9.5'' AND 253 PAGES LONG, I BELIEVE TO BE FIRST EDITION 1914 ONLY COPYRIGHT DATE GIVEN, ILLUSTRATED BY GREENE & MOWITZ, THERE ARE 14 COLOR FURNITURE INSERTS PLATES AND 4 COLOR PAPER DOLLS CLOTHES INSERTS PLATES, PAGES IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, PAGE 31-32 IS MISSING, A COUPLE OF COLOR PLATES ILLUSTRATIONS ARE SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING AND LOOSE, A COUPLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES ARE SEPARATING FROM THE BINDING, THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATION IS SEPARATED AND LOOSE, ONE OF THE LOOSE PAPER DOLL PLATES HAS MINOR PENCIL MARKS ON THE FRONT AND PENCIL MARKS ON THE BLANK BACK SIDE, THE BINDING HAS CRACKED AT THE FRONT OF THE BOOK, 2 PAGES (TITLE TYPE) BEFORE CHAPTER ONE HAVE VERY MINOR EDGE TEARS AND ARE SEPARATED AND LOOSE FROM THE BINDING, TWO VERY SMALL SECTIONS OF THE BINDING AT THE FRONT OF THE BOOK ARE SEPARATING, BOOKPLATE ON THE FRONT END-BOARD, THE COVER HAS MINOR FADING, VERY MINOR WEAR ON THE SPINE EDGES, VERY MINOR WEAR ON THE CORNERS. THE FRONT COVER END-BOARD IS ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING BUT NOT LOOSE (LOOK AT LAST PHOTO). SOLD AS IS WITH PAGE 31-32 MISSING. I REPEAT AS IS.