FARMER BOY, INSCRIBED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER
WILDER, Laura Ingalls. Farmer Boy. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, [1943]. Large octavo, original pictorial tan cloth.
Later printing of Wilder’s second book, inscribed on the verso of the half title, “Yours sincerely, Laura Ingalls Wilder.”
In this, her second novel, Wilder recounts her husband Almanzo’s childhood on a New York farm. “Farmer Boy is a genuine bit of American life, vividly and charmingly described” (New York Times). With color frontispiece and black-and-white in-text illustrations by Helen Sewell. First published 1933. Without original dust jacket. Gift inscription to half title (dated Christmas 1944).
Front free endpaper excised. Interior with occasional light soiling. Mild soiling to cloth, corners slightly worn. An extremely good inscribed copy.