THE LUCK OF THE COMSTOCKS. A STORY OF BLOCK ISLAND

Cormack, Maribelle [1902-1984] and William P. Alexander

Verlag: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1941

Beschreibung

INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER on the front free endpaper as follows: "To my dear friends-- | Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey J. Hamlin | with the hope that they will | find time to read this new opus | somewhere in far away South | America. | And best wishes from the | Senior author. | Wm. P. Alexander | Wryelin [?] House | Williamsville, N.Y. | Dec. 1, 1941." FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xiv[2]1-298p. Frontispiece black and white drawing plus eight full-page black and white drawings, as well as black and white headpieces by Hilda Frommholtz. Blue cloth with darker blue letters on the front cover and the spine. Very minor wear to extremities with nothing rubbed through, two corners and bottom of spine slightly bumped, cloth clean and bright, all illustrations present and in fine condition, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket slightly soiled and somewhat tattered, but most all there and not price-clipped. Maribelle Cormack [1902-1984] was a museum director and children's author. She attended Cornell University, the Universities of Vienna and Geneva, and Brown University. She is known for her interests in nature and astronomy and held a weekly nature story hour for children. She once served as assistant to Professor William P. Alexander at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Her papers now reside at the University of Oregon. William P. Alexander became a member of the Cornell University faculty in 1915 where he taught agriculture and assisted Professor Anna Botsford Comstock, a pioneer in the nature-study movement. In 1920 he moved to the Museum of Buffalo Society of Natural Science to take care of their tension work. In addition scientific books, Alexander authored several books together with Maribelle Cormack. Hilda Frommholtz was a well known illustrator, including of The Sleepy Time Stories. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008443

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE LUCK OF THE COMSTOCKS. A STORY OF BLOCK ...

Verlag: D. Appleton-Century Company

Erscheinungsdatum: 1941

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Hilda Frommholtz

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition