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Author: Nora Archibald SMITH. (illustrator, Jessie Willcox Smith). 
Title: Boys and Girls of Bookland.
Publisher: New York: Cosmopolitan Corp, 1923. First edition. (Nudelman A61).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 12 " X 10 ".
Pages: 100 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (clean, bright, and tight, name of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown, 1923 handwritten under the roman numerical date on the title page - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the very nice 11 full-page color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. 

Estimate: (USD 175 - USD 250)

The book: Rare and attractive first edition of Boys and Girls of Bookland with the wonderful illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. 

The author: Nora Archibald Smith (1859–1934) was an American children's author of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and sister of Kate Douglas Wiggin. Nora and Kate co-authored and co-edited a series of children's books. Both sisters were active in the kindergarten movement that was developing at the turn of the twentieth century and wrote repeatedly on the subject. They were admirers of Friedrich Fröbel and promoted his theories on early childhood education.

The illustrator: Jessie Willcox Smith (September 6, 1863 – May 3, 1935) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration. She was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators". She was a contributor to books and magazines during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Smith illustrated stories and articles for clients such as Century, Collier's, Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, McClure's, Scribners, and the Ladies' Home Journal.