Garden City: Doubleday, page, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Smll, slim hardcover in red cloth (also seen in blue) with paper title label front cover. 31 pp. Frontispiece silhouette photo of a soldier carrying his weapon. Fine, 1921 gift inscription front free endpaper. A new AEF World War I recruit tells of how his mother reacted when hearing that he was leaving college and enlisting. He goes back home for 24 hours before heading off to camp; Mother and the rest of the family put on cheerful, brave faces. (Mother had gotten her nickname because "...she always could whistle like a blackbird.").

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E25409
Title: The Whistling Mother
Author: Grace S. Richmond
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Doubleday, page
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1917
Keywords: world war I, recruits, enlistment, mothers, motherhood,
Bookseller catalogs: Military;

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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