Baylor Adelaide (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: 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.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Some tatter to the edges, but a good functional copy of thie scarce title. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Square 8vo, illustrated, string tied wrappers, 64 pp, illustrations from drawings by Josephine Bruce. Upper corner creased, foxing to upper portion of front cover, bit of loss to spine covering at spine ends, very good.

Softcover. Condition: 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.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Bruce, Josephine (illustrator). 12mo. 64 pp. Chipping along spine, light discoloration to wrappers. Previous owner's inscription reads "Lida M. Richards, Feb. 1929. Reward from WIlde Company for making wheels mentioned in quarterly for Oct, Nov, Dec., 1928." Interior clean. Illustrated throughout by Josephine Bruce.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Boston: W.A. Wilde Company, 1913. Illustrated by Josephine Bruce. First edition. Hole-punched covers and text joined with cotton cloth ties. Original pictorial dust jacket. Spine is worn away but remains held in place by ties in two of the three original punched holes. Front DJ flap is separated but present. Light dampstain to upper corner of first pages. Adelaide Baylor was an early and influential educational pioneer. A delicate children's book and thus very scarce in any condition.

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.