A ladies' dozen and a gentleman : early California children's books, 1853-1913 : the Book Club of California keepsake for 2009 /
Dailey, Victoria.
Vigus, Janine,1953-
Book Club of California.
San Francisco, Calif. : The Book Club of California,
c2009.
Issued in portfolio
Title from portfolio cover.
Essay by Victoria Dailey on first folded sheet. Each of the remaining sheets features an illustrated children's book published between 1853 and 1913.
Includes bibliographical references.
A ladies' dozen and a gentleman / by Victoria Dailey -- Alice Bradley Haven. All's not gold that glitters (1853) -- May Wentworth. Fairy tales from gold lands (1867) -- Wentworth. The golden dawn and other storeis (1870) -- Carrie Carlton. Inglenook, a story for children (1868) -- Alice Kingsbury. Ho! for elf-land! (1877) -- Helen Hunt Jackson. The Hunter cats of Connorloa (1884) -- Henry Lathrop Turner. In the lovely land of Sunset, a souvenir of Santa Barbara (1886) -- Louise Carnahan. Polly's lion (1894) -- Alice Merritt Davidson. California plants in their homes (1898) -- Mary E. Bamford. Ti, a story of San Francisco's Chinatown (1899) -- Genevra Sisson Snedden. Docas, the Indian boy of Santa Clara (1899) -- Amelia Woodward Truesdell. La parra grande (1900) -- Mary Austin. The basket woman (1904) -- Ethel T. Foster. Little tales of the desert (1913).
Illustrated children's books
Women authors