Physical description

A vintage 1928 hardcover children's book with the title Chatterbox printed in white lettering at the top of the front cover which has a green coloured background with an illustration in a large circle showing a boy and girl with their pet dog playing on the sand at the beach. The publisher details are printed at the bottom. It is bound on the left side with brown tape. The tan back cover has an advertisement for Allenburys' - for the good of babyhood, showing a smiling toddler.The frontispiece coloured illustration inside depicts a black man as a prisoner of three buccanners. The title page has the title plus Founded by J. Erskine Clarke, M.A and publisher details with a black lined illustration of children and flowers. There are further coloured plates in the collection. of puzzles, poetry, and stories for children. Pp. 316. The endpapers have several advertisements related to children.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Printed in small blue ink lettering is: ' To Clement From Mother Wishing you many happy returns of the day Dec.12th 1930.' A purple stamp of 'Clem Thiele' is above the message. On the top of the Contents page is written i blue ink: 'Clement. L. Thiele. On page B above Chatterbox is another purple stamp 'Clem Thiele'

Summary

A vintage 1928 Chatterbox collection of puzzles, poetry and stories for children with black lined illustrations and coloured plates throughout.