DECENT CONDITION GOLDEN PLEASURE CLASSICS " THE SILVER SKATES " BY MARY MAPLES DODGE HARDBACK BOOK PUBLISHED 1966 , QUALITY STORY TOLD IN THIS FULLY ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK BOOK AS SEEN ABOVE , PLZ NOTE SOME MARKINGS TO INNER PAGES THROUGH AGE BUT NOT EXCEsSIVE PLZ CHECK PICTURES ABOVE , Gretel looked at her mother in troubled silence, wondering whether it were very wicked to care more for one parent than for the other-and sure, yes, quite sure, that she dreaded her father, while she clung to her mother with a love that was almost idolatry." from Hans BrinkerA beloved childhood favorite for a century and a half-and a book that readers continue to enjoy and appreciate long into adulthood. Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates went through more than 100 editions during the author's lifetime alone.Author and editor Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) was born in New York City. She served as editor of the children's magazine St. Nicholas, to which she attracted such writers as Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Rudyard Kipling. She also authored the short-fiction collection Irvington Stories (1864).   ************* plz note right now in the Uk postal services can be very slow and while most items take 2 to 4 days it can take up to 3 OR 4 weeks , if a problem plz DON'T bid as outwith my control ******************