1918 ELLA DOLBEAR LEE: MOTHER GOOSE, JINGLES, GAMES, RIDDLES. 24 COLOR PLATES!

Description: New York and Chicago: M.A. Donahue, 1918 on copyright page, no other dates noted. 280 pgs. Complete with the 24 plates, 16 (includes frontispiece) of which are full color and 8 are 2-toned. Illustrated endpapers as well as front cover paste-down. Neat gift inscription on blank reverse of front endpaper. There is an extensive index (I count 600 or so) of all the melodies, jingles, rhymes and riddles in front. Ella Dolbear Lee: 1866-1929. The child in "Little Boy Blue" (p.44) was modeled after Lee's own son. Lee (1866-1929) was born in Marysville, Ohio. She is best known for her illustrations of Mother Goose rhymes in Ella Dolbear Lee's Mother Goose Book, but also contributed to Ladies Home Journal and Women's Home Companion. Her other books include The Blue Domers and illustrations of Grimm's Fairy Tales and Anderson's Fairy Tales. Lee also did advertising illustrations, including artwork for Coca-Cola ads. [Ohio Memory Collection] Cover clean with a few very minor small marks on the front cover illustration. Front and rear hinges reinforced with acid-free linen tape (see last 2 images). All pages firmly attached. Interior clean, crisp and complete. Really a very nice copy of this thick book. 8”by 10 ¼”.

Price: 30 USD

Location: Madison, Connecticut

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