Children of Spring Deserts unexpurgated publication in the United

unexpurgated publication in the United States until 1959 and the United Kingdom until 1960 following high-profile obscenity trials

illustrated by Florence K

Publisher's original plain tan stiff paper wrappers

that would not be the end for Nick Carter

Original publisher's blue-gray cloth covered board slipcase is without a flaw

Children of Spring Deserts unexpurgated publication in the United(Humphrey, Maud) illustrator. CHILDREN OF SPRING with illustrations in colors and monotint by Maud Humphrey; verses by Edith M. Thomas. New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1888, (1888). FIRST EDITION. 4to 7 5 8" X 10". Light blue stiff paper wrappers with serrated edges, bound with a gold and white cord with title, illustrator and author printed in black on upper wrapper; a celluloid plaque with an embossed image of a young girl, sewn through