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The seven ages of childhood / pictures by Jessie Willcox Smith ; verses by Carolyn Wells.

Author/creator Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Moffat, Yard and Co., 1909 (Norwood, Mass. : Plimpton Press)
Description56 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Children in art.
Youth in art.
Children's poetry, American.
Children--Juvenile poetry.
Aging--Juvenile poetry.
Other author/creatorSmith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935 illustrator.
Other author/creatorHudson, Margaret F., former owner.
Other author/creatorMoffat, Yard and Company, publisher.
Other author/creatorPlimpton Press, printer.
Abstract Text and illustrations depict various stages of childhood from "Infant in Its Mother's Arms" to "First Love."
General noteIllustrated endpapers.
General note"These illustrations first appeared as a series of black-and-white drawings for The Ladies Home Journal."--Nudelman, E.D., Jesse Wilcox Smith: a bibliography, p.53, A29.
References Nudelman, E.D. Jesse Wilcox Smith, A29
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Margaret F. "Ricki" Hudson, 2021
Issued in other formOnline version: Wells, Carolyn, -1942. Seven ages of childhood. New York : Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formPoetry.

Available Items

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Joyner Rare Collection PS3545.E533 S48 1909 ✔ Available Request Material
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