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

An exceptional

illustrated by Carmen L

that would not be the end for Nick Carter

Internally pristine

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