Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with pastedown color label on front cover, 351 pages. Color frontispiece by Maria Kirk (repeated on the cover label). When Emily Starr becomes an orphan, her mother's estranged relatives are undecided over who should have the burden of raising her. Emily feels unwanted at New Moon Farm, but thankfully, she finds solace in her writing and forms a tight-knit friend group that promises to make life sweet again. The first book in the three part Emily series. A clean, bright copy of the scarce first printing. Copyright page with 1923, no other printings or dates.