Books published by publisher The Bowen-merrill Company

Clean decorated American trade binding with decorations to cover and pages by Margaret Armstrong; illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Clean green cloth boards with clean oval portrait of "Aunt Mary" on cover with white decoration around the portrait, stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear to cloth, hint of slighestt wear to white decoration, all gold lettering unchipped. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean with clean beautifully decorated endpapers. Previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of first blank page. Frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard. All pages are decorated.

Dolly Madison: Quaker Girl (1944 Orange Hardcover Printing) by Helen A. Monsell. Published in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA by Bobbs Merrill in 1944. Limited Collector's Edition. Rare Book. 192 Pages. Tells the story of First Lady, Dolly Madison when she was young (married later to 4th USA President , George Madison). Her maiden name was Dolly Payne. Her full name was Dorothea Dandridge Payne Todd "Dolley" Madison. Not to be confused, of course, with the snack cakes. For more biographical information, please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolley_Madison/