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A ladies' dozen and a gentleman : early California children's books, 1853-1913.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PN1009.A1 L23 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 2009.
- Keepsake / The Book Club of California ; 2009
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Illustrated children's books--California--History.
- Illustrated children's books.
- Women authors.
- History.
- California--Imprints--Bibliography.
- California.
- Women authors--Bio-bibliography.
- Genre:
- Bio-bibliography.
- Bibliographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 portfolio (13 unnumbered folded sheets) : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm, in case 27 cm.
- Other Title:
- Early California children's books
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, Calif.] : The Book Club of California, 2009.
- Contents:
- A ladies' dozen and a gentleman / by Victoria Dailey
- Alice Bradley Haven. All's not gold that glitters (1853)
- May Wentworth. Fairy tales from gold lands (1867)
- Wentworth. The golden dawn and other storeis (1870)
- Carrie Carlton. Inglenook, a story for children (1868)
- Alice Kingsbury. Ho! for elf-land! (1877)
- Helen Hunt Jackson. The Hunter cats of Connorloa (1884)
- Henry Lathrop Turner. In the lovely land of Sunset, a souvenir of Santa Barbara (1886)
- Louise Carnahan. Polly's lion (1894)
- Alice Merritt Davidson. California plants in their homes (1898)
- Mary E. Bamford. Ti, a story of San Francisco's Chinatown (1899)
- Genevra Sisson Snedden. Docas, the Indian boy of Santa Clara (1899)
- Amelia Woodward Truesdell. La parra grande (1900)
- Mary Austin. The basket woman (1904)
- Ethel T. Foster. Little tales of the desert (1913).
- Notes:
- Title from portfolio cover.
- "The Book Club of California keepsake for 2009."
- Essay by Victoria Dailey on first folded sheet; each of the remaining sheets features an illustrated children's book published between 1853 and 1913.
- Designed by Janine Vigus.
- Issued in two-part slipcase.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 499272545
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