Wynne, May / Cecily M. Rutley / Nancy Howard / Pauline Dunstan / Ethel Talbot / Jessie Pope / Agnes Grozier Herbertson etc. etc.

The Story Wonder Book for Boys and Girls. With Seven Colour Plates and Hundreds of Two-Colour and Other Pictures [by Margaret Tarrant, Mary Brooks, Anne Anderson, May Smith and others].

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., No year [c.1930]. 18.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 224 pages. Original Illustrated Hardcover with coloured illustrations. The often damaged and worn book was recently restored and professionally rebound and is now a tight and firm version for generations to come. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of pre-owner on endpaper in pen and pencil. A few marks on endpaper and content page. Otherwise in very good condition. [The Wonder Book Series].

Stunning, underrated children’s book with a selection of classical and lesser known children’s stories. The majority of stories and fairy tales in this book were by women writers of the time and also the illustrations mainly selected from women illustrators. Very sad and racist poems like “Black & White” by Dorothy Dickinson or Sambo the Golliwog by Beryl Faulkner are included as well as a multitude of wonderful short stories by today lesser known women authors of teh early 20th century.
With some beautiful illustrations touching on the Peter Pan Theme, Red Riding Hood, Animals and Children, Gnomes, Dwarfs, Fairies or stories like “The Elf, The Magician and the Nightingale” by Madge Williams.

Includes for example the following short stories : The Sea Babies by May Wynne / The Magic Stick by Jessie Pope / Those Pickles by Cecily M.Rutley / Jim’s Soldiers by Christine Chaundler / The Magic Ribbon by Nancy Howard / Humpty Dumpty by H.C.Sandy / The Fairy Gift by Ernest Aris / Apple Tree House with Illustration by Anne Anderson etc.

• Keywords: Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · Catalogue Two – Children’s Books · Children’s Books · Children’s Books Rare · Short Stories · Women as Children’s Book Authors · Women as Illustrators · Women as Illustrators of Children’s Books · Women in Literature
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200523AB

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