Gates, Josephine Scribner. - Nannette and the Baby Monkey.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. 1914. - 12mo, 6-5/8 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. Color pictorial boards with an illustration of toy sentries guarding the door to a doll-house on the front cover. The covers are rubbed and soiled with slight wear to the corners and the head and tail of the spine. 49 pages, illustrated with a color frontispiece and 5 full-page color plates. The text block is cracked opposite the title page. A previous owner's name and address, dated in the year of publication, is penned on the front endpaper. There is scattered foxing, especially in the margins of the plates. Good. First edition. RARE. Josephine Scribner Gates (1859-1930) was a popular author of children's books at the turn of the 19th to 20th century. Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Gates was known for her "Live Dolls" series and had written over 23 books by 1915. Her characters were dolls who came to life and interacted with the children who played with them. Several of her books were illustrated by Virginia Keep and though the illustrator of this particular book is unidentified, there is a strong possibility she contributed the color plates. Good .

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