Six Giants and a Griffin and Other Stories
Beatrice Baxter Ruyl New York: R. H. Russell [Robert Howard Russell], 1903. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. [12], 46, [2] pages. Illustrations--only three of the six present, and the frontis illustration is present but detached. First edition, published November 1903. Cover is worn and soiled. Some red staining at top of some pages. Some page soiling. Shaken. An anthology of fairy tales. 6 whimsical stories: Six Giants and a Griffin, Gertrude's Visit to the Moon, Jane and the Bears, Sapphira and the Flying Pig, The Christmas Trees, Mother Goose's Party. Delightfully illustrated with glossy black and white plates. 48 pages. 8 1/4 inches by 10 1/2 inches. Red boards with black and white stamping. Untitled poem by James Whitcomb Riley before the Table of Contents page. Sarah Birdsall Otis Edey (1872-1940) was a prominent New York City resident and the daughter of State Senator James Otis (1836-1898) from Bellport, Long Island. A leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement, most notably recognized for her work with the Girl Scouts of America, Mrs. Edey was active in Girl Scouting from 1919. She held many different positions and was the first editor of the Girl Scout Leader Magazine. She later served as National President of Girl Scouts of America for five years (1930-1935). Two Girl Scout camps were dedicated in her honor: Camp Birdsall Edey in Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania, (affiliated with the Penn Lakes Girl Scout Council, Inc.)., and Camp Edey, in Bayport, New York , (affiliated with the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County.)
Outside her work with the Suffrage and Scouting Movements, Mrs. Edey was a published poet; her most notable works are "Rivets" and "ButterMoney." Mrs. Edey was president of the Craftsman Group for Poetry, the director of the American Women's Association (1928-29), and a director of the Women's City Club.
Beatrice Baxter Ruyl was a noted author, artist and illustrator who was part of Georgia O'Keefe's circle.
James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". Riley began his career writing verses as a sign maker and submitting poetry to newspapers. Thanks in part to an endorsement from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he eventually earned successive jobs at Indiana newspaper publishers during the latter 1870s. Riley gradually rose in prominence during the 1880s through his poetry reading tours. He traveled a touring circuit first in the Midwest, and then nationally, holding shows and making joint appearances on stage with other famous talents. Riley became a bestselling author in the 1890s. His children's poems were compiled into a book and illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Titled the Rhymes of Childhood, the book was his most popular and sold millions of copies. Condition: Fair/as is.
Keywords: Griffin, Giants, Moon, Bears, Sapphira, Flying Pig, Christmas Trees, Mother Goose, Party, Children's Literature, Fairy Tale, Beatrice Baxter Ruyl
[Book #72715]
Price: $100.00