LITTLE SUNNY STORIES

Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, (1919). First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine. Johnny Gruelle. Charming little (6" x 7-1/4") children's book written and illustrated by the creator of the Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls. Bound in 3/4 dark green morocco leather and patterned boards with gilt-rules and a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, matching patterned endpapers. The binding is signed "A. B. M.," but that is likely for the recipient, Alastair Bradley Martin, whose small leather bookplate is on the front pastedown. Martin was a Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, and a winner of the U. S. Open. He has been credited with helping to forge the modern era of the Grand Slam-style game.