Search Results: Authors starting with C from The Periscope Collection

Random House, 1950. HB. Fair. Norman Price. Ms. Fisher (no relation to this website owner!) was a well known author of children's books, and also adult biographies. Thsi biography of Paul Revere is one of her best

Printed in Nashville, TN by Aurora Publishing; no dust jacket, spiral bound; Sarah Cannon is considered a National Treasure around Nashville; with the character she created, "Minnie Pearl", she became a legend to her many fans; this cookbook is signed, "To ___________, Best Wishes and Happy Cookin"! Someone loved this book! Library of Congress #73-104838

An excellent facsimile edition of the famous work, there are no marks inside, but has some staining on the outside of the pages. Part of a private collective. Inside: "This facsimile Edition of the First Edition is Published for Members of the BOOK LEAGUE OF AMERICA, New York 1941."

Victor Talking Machine Company, 1916. HB. Fair. An antiquarian booklover's dream, this book was designed as an educational tool. The famous insignia of RCA Victor is on the inside (the dog leaning into the phonograph!), signifying that the stories contained in the book were meant to go along with records that RCA Victor sold. A historical rarity.

Ms. Cavanah wrote many books for children, specializing in topics pertaining to American History. She later went on to become an editor of the Childcraft Encyclopedia. Library of Congress #59-5789.

Back in the days before streaming, children's programming on PBS, and certainly before the Internet, young mothers regularly went to their doctors and asked them about what to do with their children all day. Try to imagine that world....I remember having this book in my household when I was growing up! Chock full of good ideas of how to make toys and "games" from things you could find around the house.

Published in 1899, Joel Chandler Harris led a double life: one as a newspaper man named Joe Harris, and one as a folklorist who developed the Uncle Remus stories. His passion was to see racial reconciliation after the Civil War. This volume of short stories was published after the Uncle Remus stories, but also includes the story of Brer Rabbit.

McMillan Company, 1946. Hardback. Fair Condition. Helen Sewell.

McMillan & Company, 1962. Hardback. Excellent Condition. Library of Congress #52-13701. This book is a compilation of short stories from well-known children's author's that emphasizes the diversity of America. The forward is written by Lois Lenski.

One book in the Cornerstones of Freedom series, it is also a Weekly Reader Book

Franklin Watts, 1956. HB. Good. Helen Borten. 56-95442 copies available, both library copies with no dust jacket, First editionfor both, both have library call numbers on the spine.

Cross Publications, 1947. Hardback. Excellent Condition. William Brigham. This book is a first edition and signed by the author.