The Kewpies and the Runaway Baby by Rose O'Neill - 1928

Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY! "TO CLAIRE LOUISE TERHUNE WITH KEWPISH LOVE FROM ALL THE KEWPIES AND THEIR MOTHER" SIGNED ROSE O'NEILL. HAS A SET OF ANGEL WINGS AND THE ADDITIONAL COMMENT "FOR HER BIRTHDAY APRIL 1, 1929". WHAT A GREAT GIFT FOR YOUR COLLECTOR OF RARE CHILDREN'S BOOKS. NO DUST JACKET. JUST THE FAINTEST OF RUBBING TO THE CORNERS AND HEAL AND SPINE, BINDING SLIGHTLY LOOSE IN SEVERAL PLACES. FIRST EDITION STATED. LIGHT FOXING IN SOME AREAS. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! SHIPPED IN A PROTECTED BOX AND INSURED.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1928. First edition. Very good plus.. Inscribed first printing of this uncommon Kewpie adventure, in which the adorable little ones are enlisted to find a lost baby mouse - with original drawing of a small feathered wing. Rose O'Neill's Kewpies were "most widely known cartoon character until Mickey Mouse" (Historic Missourians), and brought her tremendous financial success. This is an uncommon title among her numerous Kewpie works, made even more special by her inscription and drawing. 8'' x 5.75''. Original red cloth boards. Orange endpapers. Illustrated in black and white and orange. 114 pages. Inscribed by O'Neill to front flyleaf, "To Janet with / most Kewpish love from / all the Kewpies and / little Alphus and / Rose O'Neill / P. S. / Many and many a / thought will be flying / back to you, dear Janet" followed by a small drawing of a feathered wing, dated November 1928. Binding a bit toned, particularly to spine and edges; front joint… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday Doran. 1928. Inscribed by the author at Christmas in the year of publication: "To Somebody the Kewpies love/ from all the band, including Dr. Goldwater and Rose O'Neill." Creator of the Kewpie comic strip, and the inventor of the Kewpie doll, O'Neill was also the first published female cartoonist in the U.S. and active in the women's suffrage movement. Small (original) price stamp rear flyleaf, slight play in text block, and light crown wear; a very good copy in a good, edge-chipped dust jacket with some tearing at mid-spine. With a letter of provenance from a descendant of Dr. Goldwater. Uncommon signed and in dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.