Emily Gilmoe. Boys of Riverton. Philadelphia, Presbyterian board of publication and Sabbath-school work, 1887
via: Library of Congress
The Art of Book Design: The Boys of Riverton
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Emily Gilmoe. Boys of Riverton. Philadelphia, Presbyterian board of publication and Sabbath-school work, 1887
via: Library of Congress
William Perry Brown. Sea Island Boys. Akron, O. Saalfield Publishing Co., 1903.
Warren L. Eldred. Tho Oak Street Boys Club, Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1911.
Walter Crane. The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book, containing the Sleeping Beauty, The Baby’s Own Alphabet and Bluebeard. New York, Dodd, Mead and Co., 1911.
Sleeping Beauty is an old fairy tale that has had many incarnations. One of the best known, is this version by the prolific Children’s Book Illustrator, Walter Crane. Crane is an interesting artist who studied under William Morris, one of the founders and great artists of the Arts and Crafts movement. Crane is known for some fine art pieces, but his contributions to the nursery book arts are legendary, during its heyday at the end of the 1800’s and early 1900’s. This edition also has Bluebeard’s Story and Baby’s Own Alphabet. I’ve included all the plates for Sleeping Beauty, but only the first plates of the other 2 stories. The last plate of Sleeping Beauty is my favourite – I think she looks rather stunned to find herself so suddenly awake and rapidly married. If you’re interested you can see the entire book at the Internet Archive, where you can always read the whole book.
Walter Douglas Campbell. Beyond the Border. Illlustrated by Helen Stratten. Westminster [Eng.] : A. Constable ; New York : R. H. Russell, 1898.
G.A.Henty. Through Russian Snows. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1895.
via: The Internet Archive
Today’s book was sent in by Anne, Cranky Cat Lady and it comes from her own library. It’s a beautiful old book that’s chock full of bright needlework patterns along with the directions for making them.
Adelaide E. Heron. Fancy Work for Pleasure and Profit. Chicago, Thompson & Thomas, 1905
Adelaide E. Heron. Fancy Work for Pleasure and Profit. Chicago, Thompson & Thomas, 1905
Adelaide E. Heron. Fancy Work for Pleasure and Profit. Chicago, Thompson & Thomas, 1905
The Book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Joseph Hocking. The Mist on the Moors. New York, R.F. Fenne & company, c1896.
Ella Rodman Church. Sunday Evenings at Elmridge. Philadelphia, Presbyterian board of publication, 1887.
F. Edward Hulme. That Rock Garaden of Ours. Illustrations by the author. Philadelphia, George W. Jacob and Co., 1909.
via: The Internet Archive
Enos B. Comstock. When Mother Lets Us Tell Stories. New York, Moffat, Yard and Co., 1917.
