HEAVY WEAR ON AND AROUND SPINE, AND MODERATE SCUFFING AROUND COVERS. BOTTOM 1/3 OF SPINE INTO COVERS HAS CELLOPHANE TAPE AROUND AREA. INSCRIPTION WRITTEN ON COVER PAGE. OTHERWISE PAGES PRESENT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKING. STICKER RESIDUE INSIDE BACK COVER. AGE RELATED TANNING OF PAGES. ONE PAGE HAS A BOTTOM CORNER TORN OFF, AND A FEW PAGES HAVE TAPED AREAS, NOT AFFECTING READABILITY.
After achieving her degree from the Philadelphia College of Art, she worked as a free-lance writer and illustrator of children’s books. Flory was also employed as the director of evening division at Philadelphia College of Art for 16 years. Over her lifetime, Flory wrote and illustrated over 35 books for children, several of which were nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher award.