Robin Rides Away (SIGNED)

Baldwin, Sidney

Published by Row, Peterson and Company, Evanston, Illinois, 1934

About this Item

Whether this is Sidney Baldwin's BEST children's story -- a young shepherd boy invents a clever scheme to save his princess from kidnapping -- it's certainly her most elusive. In years of searching we have found only two copies -- both signed, weirdly enough. There is some rub/pockmarking to top edge of the front board and to the very bottoms of the board front edges; spine is moderately age-browned. NO dust jacket. Illustrations are B&W line drawings. No later dates than 1934 copyright, and the RP colophon is present to title page -- presumed first edition. Dated December 1944, inscribed "To Camilla," and signed "Sidney Baldwin" to the half-title page. Born in Peoria, Ill., Sidney Baldwin (1885-1978) began writing for the Peoria Star (founded by her father, Eugene F. Baldwin) in 1898. She later became a drama critic and wrote a column, "In My Opinion," for the Star. Baldwin also wrote for the Ladies' Home Journal, was a commentator on radio programs, and a regular columnist for the Boothbay (Maine) Register. She wrote several books, including two children's books set on an island off the coast of Maine -- Ben of old Monhegan and Marjorie of Monhegan -- as well as her best-known children's tales, "Princess Hildegarde" and "Young Prince Hubert." Her papers are now in the Maine Women Writers Collection, University of New England, Portland. 256 pp. Reduced from $1,280.

Seller Inventory # 008732

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Robin Rides Away (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Row, Peterson and Company, Evanston, Illinois
• Publication Date: 1934
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrations by Helen Chamberlin
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed fiction
  • Children's
  • Rare Books