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Vintage Alice in Wonderland Paint Color Book Books and Publications: Children's: Pre 1960 stock# PC 682
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THIS VINTAGE COLOR BOOK IS WALT DISNEY'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND PAINT BOOK. Published in 1951 by Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, it has lots of pics of Alice, and her characters. There are a dozen or so pages that are colored, but done nicely. No scribbling in this book. Pages are slightly yellowed from age around the edges, and cover has a slight bit of wear on the back and binding, but overall it is colorful and enjoyable for your collection. A few pages at front have turn ...click for details

Gene Stratton Porter 1st Edition Michael O'Halloran Books and Publications: Children's: Pre 1920 stock# PC 343
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WHEN GENE STRATTON PORTER WROTE THIS "MICHAEL O'HALLORAN" Nature Fiction Novel, she created another Irish lad blessed with the rare qualities of charm combined with sterling character. This First Edition book says 1915 Doubleday, Page and Company. It has illustrations by Frances Rogers in front and back of book. Condition is very good with just a little wear on the edges of the cover. The lovely unique dust jacket is rough along some edges and has a couple of tears, but makes up fo ...click for details

Gene Stratton Porter MORNING FACE Children's Book Books and Publications: Children's: Pre 1930 stock# PC240
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THESE STORIES AND POEMS WERE first made up for one particular little girl, Morning Face, but were later put into this Rare and Beautiful book for other little girls and boys to enjoy. Mostly about living things, the stories represent Gene Stratton Porter's method of teaching nature to children. This it the First Edition published in1916 by Doubleday,Page. The cover is gorgeous blue pictorial cloth, with design in gilt. This cover is in good shape with a couple of bends in the corners, and a ...click for details

Gene Stratton Porter Anniversary "FRECKLES" Book Books and Publications: Fiction: Pre 1920 stock# PC237
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THIS ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF GENEN STRATTON PORTER'S FIRST FICTION NATURE BOOK is an unusual copy of a very popular book. When her publishers told her Nature wouldn't sell she incorporated it into this romance. It was issued in six different American editions and read by millions of people. This 1914 edition has a special SILVER COVER with a blue medallion in the center stating "ANNIVERSARY EDITION".Again there are great drawings by Thomas Fogarty throughout the book of 35 ...click for details

Emma Lindsay Squier WILD HEART Children's Nature Book Books and Publications: Children's: Pre 1930 stock# PC236
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THIS NATURE BOOK WITH AN INTRODUCTION by Gene Stratton Porter, is by Emma Lindsay Squier and titled The WILD HEART. There is a lovely introduction by Gene Stratton Port who was the Nature Author so prominent in the early 1900's. It is the record of experiences of a little boy and girl who lived on Puget Sound. The illustrations and decorations are by Paul Bransom. Copyright 1922 by Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. CONDITION of the book is very good. The dust jacket has some wear along the edge ...click for details

Gene Stratton Porter HER FATHER'S DAUGHTER Book Books and Publications: Children's: Pre 1930 stock# PC234
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HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE of Gene Stratton Porter incorporating Nature into Fiction. The background is the natural beauty of the mountains and desert around Los Angeles. As in many of her books the heroine is a very judicious person, and manages hardship with wisdom almost uncanny in a young person. One critic said that the setting was lovely, but that it carried no conviction. And other saw the wholesome charm. This particular copy is a "Memorial Edition" printed five years after the F ...click for details

Gene Stratton Porter LADDIE Memorial Edition Book Books and Publications: Children's: Pre 1930 stock# PC233
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LADDIE IS ANOTHER ROMANTIC STORY with scenes in Indiana, written by Gene Stratton Porter. This book contains a mixture of romance and nature just as her other fiction books did and introduced nature objects peculiar to the area. She felt it was important to show sentiment and high ideals in all of her books. This particular book is one of the MEMORIAL EDITION books that were published in 1926 by Doubleday, Page and Company.They all had blue covers and included LADDIE, HER FATHER'S DAUGHTER, ...click for details

Gene Stratton Porter's First Edition THE MAGIC GARDEN Books and Publications: Fiction: Pre 1930 stock# PC228
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ANOTHER LOVELY FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL NATURE NOVEL by Gene Stratton Porter, this MAGIC GARDEN, is also enjoyable to read. The Publisher says that it is a sweet love story, starting when Amaryllis was a small child of 5 and ending when she is grown up, and still in love with John Guido, who introduces her to the Magic Garden. The cover is pale green and all the beautiful decorative art work on the front pages is also. It also says FIRST EDITION on the copyright page. The book itself is in very go ...click for details

Gene Stratton Porter MICHAEL O'HALLORAN Nature Book Books and Publications: Fiction: Pre 1920 stock# PC226
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ANOTHER STORY BY GENE STRATTON PORTER that is set in the usual northern Indiana country, near the Limberlost, and it offers the usual appeal of nature. Some reviews criticized the realism of Michael, a "newsie" small boy with a big, common sense, street philosophy of life, and an Irish wit. But, again it was Gene's way of incorporating nature into fiction and thus sharing her vast knowledge of the Limberlost. This copy was published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1916 and has a gray hard ...click for details

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