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The book of the child / with facsimiles of drawings in colour by Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green ; and with stories and verses written for the pictures by Mabel Humphrey.

Author/creator Humphrey, Mabel author.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : F.A. Stokes Co., 1903.
Description28 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations ; 39 x 36 cm
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorSmith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935 illustrator.
Other author/creatorElliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green, illustrator.
Other author/creatorHumphrey, Mabel, inscriber.
Other author/creatorFrederick A. Stokes Company, publisher.
Contents A tale of a pigtail -- Jingles -- Jack's valentine -- A rainy day -- The little gardeners -- Dolly's nap -- The summer sun -- A pleasant punishment -- A real Santa Claus.
Local noteJoyner Rare Oversize copy includes inscription: "[Vivian?] Liddell, from Mabel, Deer Park, Md. 1904."
General notePrinted on one side of leaf only.
General noteTitle page in red and black. Lithography throughout.
General noteIncludes six full-page illustrations in color, two signed by Smith, four by Green. Cover illustration by Smith.
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare Oversize copy gift of Margaret F. "Ricki" Hudson, 2020
Genre/formJuvenile works.
LCCN 03028133

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Rare Collection - Oversize PS3515.U470 B66 1903 ✔ Available Request Material