Dodge M E Mary Mapes (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 18pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 26 characteristic Harper's engravings including a portrait of the author, salvaged from damaged issues of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XXVI, No. 155, April, 1863. This appears to be the first published short story by the popular author who would secure her fame with her title Hans Brinker, Or The Silver Skates, 1865. Housed in protective mylar report cover.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A series of short accounts of parties, with varied games played at each. Dodge was a successful editor and author, now best-remembered for Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates. Small hardcover, as pictured; the first edition (first printing); BAL 4755 - an unlisted variant of the "extra-gilt" binding in purple-brown cloth with gilt title on the front cover. Book shows some wear, minor insect nibbling, corners bumped & rubbed, spine faded. Text clean, no names or marks; 182 pages + [10] pages ads. Size: Duodecimo.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pub Date :1963-01 Publisher: The Commercial Press sheets: 3 product is shown in Fig. (Sue) N. Diakonova M.Riekman abbreviation. Beijing Foreign Studies University English Department the extracurricular reading textbooks Team Selection Notes.Four Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.…

"Fourth Edition", but actually the fourth printing of the first edition. With frontispiece and three other engraved plates by F. O. C. Darley. Small 8vo, publisher's original plum cloth, the upper cover and spine gilt lettered and decorated. 263pp. A beautifully preserved copy, the text is fresh and clean, a little uniform mellowing to the plates, but no spotting at all, the binding firm and strong with hinges in fine order, the cloth in nice shape and unfaded but with a little expected rubbing and mellowing, the gilt on the spine dulled. In all a very good and attractive copy. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, AND A VERY NICE COPY INDEED. Dodge would create an instant classic with HANS BRINKER. THE IRVINGTON STORIES were her first published works, she would be the recognized leader in American juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century. THE IRVINGTON STORIES were very successful and would lead to her later fame. The work is composed of eight short stories. The first of which, "The Hermit of the Hills" is a Christmas tale. There is also a story of the Civil War and an Indian tale. The earlier issues of IRVINGTON STORIES are very rare on the market.…

Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Publisher's brown cloth titled in gilt. Twelvemo. 346, [2, ads] pp. Complete with four plates (including frontispiece). A bright copy with a small smudge to lower board and just a bit of foxing to endpapers and preliminary blanks. Otherwise clean and fresh throughout. Small contemporary ink gift inscription to preliminary blank. A Near Fine copy. Hans Brinker, the story of a Dutch boy who hopes to win a pair of silver skates in an ice skating race, is one of the most successful books in the history of children's literature (ANB). The novel introduced American children to a charming Dutch backdrop inspired by Dodge's readings on the history of the Netherlands and the firsthand accounts of her Dutch immigrant neighbors. Notably, the novel also popularized the legend of a Dutch boy who saves his city by plugging a hole in a leaky dike with his finger (in Hans Brinker, the story is recounted in a classroom scene); the legend has inspired many American retellings, including a poem by Dodge's family friend Phoebe Cary, since the novel's publication. Along with writing many books for children, Mary Mapes Dodge (1831 - 1905) also edited the periodical St. Nicholas Magazine, a companion to Scribner's Monthly intended for a juvenile audience, for over thirty years. Dodge was skilled at soliciting contributions from both popular, sought-after writers and new talent: the works of Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Louisa May Alcott, and Rudyard Kipling appeared alongside that of emerging writers like Frances Hodgson Burnett, who serialized her first major success, Little Lord Fauntleroy, in the magazine. Dodge's work on St. Nicholas Magazine set the standard for other juvenile magazines and helped launch the careers of influential writers who would shape the genre of children's literature; in other words, the magazine left "an indelible imprint on American juvenile publishing" (ANB). Near Fine.…