1888 Babes of the 2024 year maud humphrey bogart frederick stokes Edith Thomas rare

1888 2024 BABES OF THE YEAR Maud Humphrey Bogart FREDERICK STOKES Edith Thomas
Very rare

Title
Babes of the Year
Author
HUMPHREY, Maud and Edith M. Thomas
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Used - Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Place Of Publication
New York
Date Published
1888
Keywords
Art/Illustration, Children'sBook
7 1/2” x 9 1/2”
Weighs: 1 lb 1.5 oz
Plates measure: 9 1/4” x 7” (for framing)

The artist modeled many of her adorable baby illustrations on her son, Humphrey Bogart.

Maud Humphrey (March 30, 1868 – 1940) was a suffragette, commercial illustrator and the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
Born in Rochester, New York to John Perkins Humphrey and Frances V. Dewey Churchill, she was an American commercial artist, illustrator and watercolorist. She studied at the Art Students League and in Paris at the Julian Academy.

She married Dr. Belmont DeForest Bogart (1867-1934); and had one son, Humphrey and two daughters. She died in 1940 and was interred in the Columbarium at Forest Lawn Memorial

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Condition: Pre-Owned Good
Pages tanned from age, no writing, tears inside or missing printed pages. Has tear on last blank page and inside back cover. No doggeared corners. Binding loose in front and may be missing first blank cover page? First plate is cracked about 1 inch from binding, see photo. Some light soiling mostly around the edges of pages. Colors bright. Cover has lots of wear/fading and bumped/worn corners. Inscription inside front cover.

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