(CHILDHOOD) FLACK, MARJORIE and OTHERS The story of Ping. New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First edition, with color illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Inscribed "To Arthur / with best wishes / Marjorie Flack," along with hand drawing of title character. With crayon markings on front cover; rear board lightly scuffed.Together with: Laura Adams Armer, The forest pool. New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1938. First edition. Orange cloth (26 cm. tall), with illustrated jacket, showing some chipping. With eight color plates illustrated by the author; illustrated endpapers. And: Leaf Munro, Noodle. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 937. First edition. Brown cloth boards (24 cm. tall), with illustration of title character to front of accompanying jacket; showing minor edge-wear, but otherwise bright and intact.