baylor adelaide (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Issued under the direction of Charles A. Greathouse, Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Indiana State Governor, Samuel M. Ralston issued proclamation IN 1913, declaring October 31st to be known as an Autumn Arbor and Bird Day and urged that on this day "teachers, pupils, and patrons unite in such appropriate tasks and exercises as will leave a permanent desire in the mind of each one to become an active agent in the conservation of all useful things." 80pp; 27 cm x 19 cm. Illustrated front cover; old tape on spine. Color and b/w illustrations. Contents textually unmarked. The included poems, photographs and articles, topics and authors are all about Indiana: Gene Stratton-Porter, James Whitcomb Riley, Meredith Nicholson; Charles W. Fairbanks; Maurice Thompson; Benjamin S. Parker; Wyandotte Cave; The Wabash; Trees, Birds and Indiana Scenery, etc. Several photographs by Gene Stratton-Porter. FIRST EDITION PUBLICATION, NOT A REPRINT.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by Josephine Bruce (illustrator). Spine is almost all gone - but binding is tight from the intricately tied string through the three holes - see image. ; Book is in Very Good condition - clean, unmarked interior. ; ; 64 pages.

BRUCE, Josephine (illustrator). BAYLOR, Adelaide S. ADVENTURES OF MISS TABBY GRAY. Illustrated by Josephine Bruce. Boston: W.A. Wilde Company, [1913]. 12mo., hole-punched covers & text with cotton cloth ties, with the original pictorial dust jacket folded over the plain covers- as issued. First Edition. A tale told in rhyme about a cat, Miss Tabby Gray, and her friends. Signed inscription by Baylor on the front endpaper: "Faithfully yours, Adelaide Steele Baylor." A very scarce book, especially signed by the author. I believe the author is the same Adelaide Steele Baylor who was the first woman City Superintendent of Schools in the United States and an educational pioneer. Very Good (minor wear with small ink stain to upper portion of the spine on the rear cover; contents clean & tight). Very scarce!! $450.00.