Book - Old Wonder-Eyes
Greenwood, Grace. Old wonder-eyes; and other stories for children. By Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Lippincott. (Grace Greenwood.) With engravings from designs by White. Philadelphia: Gaut & Volkmar, H. Cowperthwait & Co. 1858.
1858
Greenwood, Grace. Old wonder-eyes; and other stories for children. By Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Lippincott. (Grace Greenwood.) With engravings from designs by White. Philadelphia: Gaut & Volkmar, H. Cowperthwait & Co. 1858.
12mo (158 x 125mm), pp. 143, [1], with 6 leaves of engraved plates. Bound in original publisher's green pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind; variant bindings have been noted by the American Antiquarian Society (see AAS Cataog Record #142192). Rubber ink stamp of MHS to title-page, bookplate to upper pastedown. Early ink gift inscription to front free endpaper.
First edition of Grace Greenwood's Old Wonder-Eyes, a delightful collection of children's stories marketed as a holiday gift. Grace Greenwood was the pen name of Sarah Jane Lippincott (1823-1904), a popular journalist and children's writer with a long list of accomplishments, including being the first woman writer on the New York Times payroll. This copy of one of her children's books was given to a young Madison, CT girl by her father: "[To] Ella Platt A New Year's present from her father 1859". It is a nice example of Victorian gift-giving, and the budding market for children's stories in America in the 1800s.
12mo (158 x 125mm), pp. 143, [1], with 6 leaves of engraved plates. Bound in original publisher's green pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind; variant bindings have been noted by the American Antiquarian Society (see AAS Cataog Record #142192). Rubber ink stamp of MHS to title-page, bookplate to upper pastedown. Early ink gift inscription to front free endpaper.
First edition of Grace Greenwood's Old Wonder-Eyes, a delightful collection of children's stories marketed as a holiday gift. Grace Greenwood was the pen name of Sarah Jane Lippincott (1823-1904), a popular journalist and children's writer with a long list of accomplishments, including being the first woman writer on the New York Times payroll. This copy of one of her children's books was given to a young Madison, CT girl by her father: "[To] Ella Platt A New Year's present from her father 1859". It is a nice example of Victorian gift-giving, and the budding market for children's stories in America in the 1800s.
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