John Habberton
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HELEN'S BABIES
Written by John Habberton.
Illustrated by Carrie Solomon.
Stock no. 2119974
Published by Hutchinson & Co..
Circa
1914.
Very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt pictorial spine, gilt titles and vignette to front. 16 charming tissue guarded colour plates plus numerous b/w line drawings. Illustrated endpapers. All edges gilt. 248 pages. Some uneven fading to covers. Bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few tissue-guards to plates are a little creased. All plates present. A little foxing.
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John Habberton
John Habberton (February 24, 1842 – February 24, 1921) was an American author and journalist. Habberton's first major work of fiction was Helen's Babies, based on his sons' adventures. The work was initially rejected, but finally published anonymously. Later the author's identity was revealed. Helen's Babies was intended as just a piece of humour and aimed at an adult audience, but it almost instantly became a major juvenile literature success, highly estimated by youngste...
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