Garden Adventures in Winter

Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1923. Frances BEEM. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Frances BEEM, illustrator. First edition. 12mo; 72pp; red cloth over board, pictorial onlay on front board of a cottage in the woods with animals, black lettering on spine; gift inscription on ffep; color fp; vignette of a running mouse on title page; 7 full-page color illustrations + b&w illustrations throughout text; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, publisher’s ad for other Judson books on rear panel, rear flap ads for Child Life magazine, chipping to edges with loss; fine in very good dj. Scarce; OCLC locates (truncated) only 7 copies of this first edition. A little book for children about garden creatures during wintertime. This lovely story features anthropomorphic animals and teaches children how the animals find food and shelter. Rare in the dust jacket.

Clara Ingram Judson (1879-1960) was an American writer of children’s books, mainly non-fiction, with over 70 titles published. Frances Beem (1881-1971) was an American illustrator of children’s books and a high school teacher who won awards for her watercolors. (Inventory #: 2111)