Paintbox Summer

by Betty Cavanna

decorated by Peter Hunt 

First edition, signed by the author.  Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1949  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Goldenrod cloth covers are mostly clean, with grass green text and illustration. 
• Boards show some edgewear.  Corners are bumped.  See photos. 
• Spine has green text and is a little darkened, with softened ends.
• Binding is strong.  
• Illustrated end papers/ pastedowns show a little color transfer.  See photos. 
• Signed by the author on half-title page
• In-text decorations are bright and clear. 
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have green ink at head, faded, fore and foot edges are untrimmed. 
• PS2025.0403

191 pages. 5.5 x 8 inches

A Very Good First Edition of this Young Adult Summer romance by Betty Cavanna.  Sunny yellow boards with titles and illustration by Peter Hunt.  Decorated end papers in shades of pink are in Hunt's inimitable folk art style.

Betty Cavanna (1909-2001), born in Camden New Jersey and a graduate of Douglass College, was the author of numerous popular teen romance novels, mysteries, and children's books.  She also wrote under the names Elizabeth Headley and Betsy Allen.

It is most fitting that Peter Hunt provided the artwork for this book, because the story is set in Provincetown, MA, and Hunt appears as a character.  Peter Hunt (1896-1967), born Frederick Lowe Schnitzer in East Orange NJ, had a very successful career as painter and decorator on Cape Cod.  Working in a folk art style that was reminiscent of Pennsylvania Dutch and French Provincial Art, Hunt painted furniture, household goods, and fabrics, and during the 1930s and 1940s his work was very sought after by wealthy vacationers on Cape Cod.

First Edition.  Signed by the author on the half-title page.

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