By the Shores of Silver Lake (The Little House Series Book 4)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8x6x1. Sewell, Helen; Boyle, Mildred. First edition (stated, with I-O code), with significantly thicker paper stock than later printings (book is 1 1/2 inches thick, reprints are 7/8). Includes scarce original jacket. Jacket price clipped, some loss from jacket corners, jacket a bit toned (more on spine), a few light spots on front board, pencil name on front endpaper. 1939 Hard Cover. vi, 260 pp. Color frontispiece and black-and-white illustrations by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new little house. Laura takes her first train ride as she, her sisters, and their mother come out to live with Pa on the shores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors' house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. The Ingallses' covered-wagon travels are finally over.