Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge Hardcover DJ Acceptable

Whitman Publishing. Hardcover with dust jacket of Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge.

The prize for winning the canal race is a pair of silver skates, but how can Hans or his sister, Gretel, hope to win skating with their handmade wooden skates? Since falling from a dike and hitting his head Hans' father has been unable to work, forcing Hans, Gretel, and their mother to find ways to pay the bills. With barely enough to go around there isn't much left over for fancy skates, but when Hans saves up enough for his own pair and a chance to race he decides that there is something even more important.

Acceptable. The front and rear end papers are detached from the binding and loosely inserted in place. Dust jacket worn. Acceptable reading copy.