Lysbet : A Story of Old New York by Florence Choate & Elizabeth Curtis - FIRST EDITION 1947 Vintage Novel

FIRST EDITION. Lysbet: A Romance of Old New York was written and illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis in 1947.  

According to the dust jacket... "An absorbing story of a girl who lost her parents in an Indian raid, lived for a time with her captors, was rescued by the Dutch in the upper Hudson Valley and was the befriended by Governor Peter Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam. As Lysbet evolves from a spirited little savage into a charming and courageous young lady, the girl reader follows her career with mounting enthusiasm and when the mystery of her parentage is discovered, feels a deep satisfaction in the course of her romance. True personalities and events; sights and sounds of the streets and homes of the city that became New York—at the very period of that exciting historic change—make the life of the times vivid and convincing. It is an important and distinguished picture of old New York."

BIXLEY NOTES

• Lysbet: A Romance of Old New York

• FIRST EDITION

• Written & Illustrated by Florence Choate & Elizabeth Curtis

• 220 page, linen hardcover with dust jacket

• Black & White illustrations throughout

• Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, 1947

• Measures 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"

VINTAGE NOTES

• In very good condition

• Almost no wear on the hard covers

• Dust jacket is tattered and torn along the edges and spine

• Pages are yellowed a bit but otherwise in great shape

• Inscription on the inside front page in pen

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