Fishin' Jimmy by Annie Trumbull Slosson 1915 and 12 similar items

Fishin Jimmy by Annie Trumbull Slosson 1915 Fishin Jimmy Annie Trumbull Slosson New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915 46 pages author's edition black and white frontispiece 4 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches in size The front hinge is broken, the pages are lightly tanned, the front end papers have light water marks on the edges. The protective tissue for the frontispiece is torn and detached. There is a name stamped on the front end paper. The cover is worn and stained. Fair. Hardcover. It was on the margin of Pond Brook, just back of Uncle Eben's that I first saw Fishin' Jimmy. It was early June, and we were again at Franconia, that peaceful little village among the northern hills. The boys, as usual, were tempting the trout with false fly or real worm, and I was roaming along the bank, seeking spring flowers, and hunting early butterflies and moths. Suddenly there was a little splash in the water at the spot where Ralph was fishing, the slender tip of his rod bent, I head a voice cry out, "Strike him, sonny, strike him!"....(#0000223)