BROWNIE YEAR BOOK

by Cox, Palmer

First Edition

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Book desription: New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1895. full color, pict chromolithographed covers, cloth spine, [26] pages, poems describing each month, with 12 full page chromolithographed illustrations. written and illustrated by Palmer Cox, Copyrighted 1895 by McLoughlin Bros. New York, wear at edges, overall moderate soil to covers, 5 line presentation ink inscription to former owner on front free endpaper, some small loss at foot of spine to front free endpaper and title page, some small edge tears to some plates, all full plate chromolithographs are clean, lower corner of rear cover is jambed, covers have been reinforced with 1/2 inch linen strip both front and back, some light soil spots on title page, please note; book is too large for my scanner so not all of the cover is shown in scan. Palmer Cox was born near Granby, Quebec in 1840. He moved to California as a young man and contributed his cartoons, poetry and prose to local publications including the San Francisco Examiner. Later, he moved to New York and it was there he contributed his story featuring "Brownies" to St. Nicholas magazine, The first Brownies book publication was titled "The Brownies, Their Book." In all he published 25 books, 16 of which featured the Brownies.Many products were marketed using the Brownie name, dolls, soap, etc. The most widely know use of the Brownies in advertising was Eastman Kodak's, The Brownie Camera." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Folio 12 1/2 x 10 Inches, 32 Cm.,.

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