Field Eugene 1850 1899 (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Saalfield edition ; 3 p. l., 11-90 p. col. front., illus. 20 cm. OCLC 1342429937 ; color illustrated paste-down over red cloth and back cover in paper-backed board ; spine starting ; Contents: The duel -- The naughty doll -- Fairy and child -- The dinkey-bird -- The straw parlor -- Fiddle-dee -dee -- Wynken, Blynken and Nod -- The sugar-plum tree ; Eugene Field Sr. (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood". ; Helene von Streker Nyce (1885-1969) worked in several modes: an elegant Art Nouveau-influenced linear style, an equally if not more refined silhouette style, an equally if not more refined silhouette style, and weaker watercolor work for children. Her greatest success came though her silhouette work. Commercial silhouette illustration was a designated "female" genre in the 1910s, especially. It was a professional derivative of the 19th century handicraft. Nyce received commissions from a variety of periodicals, including Ladies Home Journal, American Woman Magazine, Junior Home Magazine, and Junior World Journal. Nyce was active in book publishing as well. She teamed up with her mother, Vera Nyce, to create numerous children's books. ; signature of a very young Edward William Girard (1930-2020), later a Boeing engineer and Rockwell Missile Systems Division operational analysis manager that served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was instrumental in proposing national re-emphasis on maritime strategy in the wake of the Israeli Six-Day War in 1967 and earlier, in 1961, the use of war games to function as pseudo-experiments, producing data for analysis ; a few child's scrawls on front endpaper ; else G. Book.