These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder • Garth Williams [FIRST EDITION THUS] 1953 • Harper & Bros. • Little House #8 Crucibles of Leadership a spirited defense of loyalty

a spirited defense of loyalty to the Queen

butterfly fairies

Book reads perfectly

Her gray eyes shine like evening stars

Thompson called reading this book “like sitting down to an evening of good whisky and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder • Garth Williams [FIRST EDITION THUS] 1953 • Harper & Bros. • Little House #8 Crucibles of Leadership a spirited defense of loyaltyThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder & illustrated by Garth Williams [LITTLE HOUSE #8] SECOND EDITION FIRST EDITION THUS [1953] HARPER & BROS. Rare 1953 Second Hardcover Edition. First illustrated edition with pictures by Garth Williams which have since become the staple illustrations in most editions. Antique hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. Dust jacket shows wear and tear; discoloration and a few tape marks to underside