Description
No Jacket. The Very Good+ binding is staple-bound, illustrated heavy paper, the front cover shows soldiers under an umbrella with flowers, the rear cover is an illustration of a candle and a doll, one corner slightly bent, small scuff on front cover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The lovely illustrations, color and black-and-white can be found on every page. Book measures 7.4″ wide x 8.5″ Tall.
About the publisher:
The Saalfield Publishing Company published children’s books and other products from 1900 to 1977. It was once one of the largest publishers of children’s materials in the world. The company was founded in 1900, by Arthur J. Saalfield. The company published the works of authors including Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Horatio Alger, P. T. Barnum, Daniel Defoe, Colonel George Durston, Laura Lee Hope, Herman Melville, Dr. Seuss, Anna Sewell, Shirley Temple, Johanna Spyri, Mark Twain, Johann Rudolf Wyss, and Robert Sidney Bowen. The company also published educational toys and games, including the game Blockhead!.
Among the artists employed by Saalfield was noted illustrator Ethel Hays. She worked on a variety of the company’s juvenile titles, including Peter Rabbit, The Night Before Christmas, and The Little Red Hen. Her most notable work came after Saalfield had secured the license from the Johnny Gruelle Company in 1944 to produce Raggedy Ann and Andy material. Storybooks, coloring books, and paper doll booklets soon followed. Most of the artwork fell to Hays, “whose exuberant, curvilinear style perfectly captured the whimsy and energy of Gruelle’s characters.” Another artist/illustrator who did work for Saalfield was Frances Brundage (1854 – 1937). Brundage, who also did work for Raphael Tuck & Sons, the Samuel Gabriel Company, and other publishers, illustrated many classic works for children, and had widespread popularity; books with her illustrations are actively collected.
In April 1977 Saalfield Publishing Company shut down, and its library and archives were purchased by Kent State University. Wikipedia
