207:(1950) is the rarest and most desirable among them. Only 400 copies were published. A story of a little wooden Dutch doll that is never purchased at the store, she runs away when her sweetheart the Golliwog doll is sold to a little girl. She find herself bereft and lonely in the forest, but she's taken in by the sweet forest animals. It is a nice little biracial love story. The Collins publication is the first edition and is most uncommon. It is 7 x 5.75 inches and is 48 pages long.
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