Yandell, Enid; Loughborough, Jean; Hayes, Laura (4 results)

FIRST EDITION. With numerous text illustrations, many full-page and photographic. Following the end of the text, there is a full-page illustration and 17 pages of very interesting advertisements. Original cloth with title in gilt on cover, worn and stained; interior very good. With the bookplate of Chas. F. Quincy. First edition. Well-known American sculptor Enid Yandell (1869-1934), along with Jean Loughborough and Laura Hayes tell the story of three young women living in Chicago leading up to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Written in a journalist style and semi-autobiographical, Yandell enlisted the help of her two friends, one a secretary and the other a file clerk, to write the adventures of the three female characters as they traverse society in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout by Helen M. Armstrong, A.B. Wenzell, C. Graham, True Williams, J.H. Vanderpoel, A.F. Brooks, Hugh Tallant, and Walter Tallant Owen.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. White and Blue cloth boards. Top edge gilt, some spotting on covers. Water damage along spine; only affects bottom edge of the last few pages near spine. Running along spine. Corners bumped and slightly worn. Wear to head/tail of spine. Previous owners name and inscription on back of front cover and front free endpaper; otherwise pages clean. Weak hinge on front and rear boards. Well illustrated. #L1/AB/B.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Bound in blue and white cloth with gilt stamped titles, 8vo, 154,[2] pages, profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs; boards dust soiled with faint foxing and light tide marks at bottom corners, small pink stain at bottom front corner, spine heavily toned, hinges professionally reinforced, internally clean and sound. Semi-autobiographical novel about three women sharing a flat in Chicago during the time leading up to the Chicago World's Fair. The story is based around the real life work of Enid Yandell, a sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin, and who contributed several notable works to the Columbian Exposition. She is "Duke" in the novel, which tells of her work as a sculptor on the Fairgrounds and the life of young women in Chicago as the White City was being built.

Condition: Collectible. FIRST. nFINE. White and Blue cloth boards. Top edge gilt, some spotting on covers, gilt titles are bright. Brief neat 1896 gift inscription on ffep about Evanston Illinois written/initialled by Laura Hayes - her married initials. Very scarce/personal to the Exposition as signed. Well illustrated. This book went into several printings, with differing bindings, This one is the original higher grade two color binding. Typical weak inner paper hinging of front and rear boards, but hinges tight. The three authors came to Chicago to work on preparations for the Columbian Exposition. Hayes was Bertha Palmer's private secretary, Loughborough was a file clerk and general aide in Palmer's office, and Yandell was a sculptor working on decorating the Woman's Building. This little book, part fiction, part fact, is their story of life in Chicago and a first hand account of preparations for the Fair. It has become quite rare and is a special account of women's contributions to the important 1892 Columbian World's Fair Exposition. Enid Yandell (1870-1934) was an American sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and Frederick William MacMonnies. She was a prolific sculptor creating numerous portraits, garden pieces and small works as well as public monuments. In addition to her work as an artist, she was committed to improving the lives of others. She contributed to the education of future artists by founding the Branstock School in Massachusetts, in 1908. During World War I, Enid Yandell became involved with the Red Cross and with a French organization for the care of war orphans. For a discussion of Laura Hayes's role in the planning and execution of fair activities, see Weimann, "The Fair Women". [B90-222]. Signed by Author.