The Golliwogg's "Auto-Go-Cart
by UPTON, Bertha, verses. Florence K. UPTON, illustrator
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London, New York & Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co, 1901. Boards. Very good. Florence K. UPTON. [STIGMATIZING ILLUSTRATIONS] [RHYMING VERSE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR].
8vo oblong (8 5/8" x 11"); 66pp; color pictorial boards, a Golliwog and two Dutch dolls in a go-cart on front; quarter-bound green cloth; color patterned endpapers with swans and sailing ships, lacking rear free endpaper; color vignette of a Dutch doll on title page; 31 full-page color illustrations; text and line drawings in sepia; wear and light soiling to boards with loss at corners, spot on front board, last page has age-toning, lacking rear ep; very good minus. The Golliwogg and its Dutch doll companions go on an adventure in a go-cart. The Golliwogg was a character invented by Florence Upton (1873-1922) based on a Black minstrel toy. The Dutch dolls were penny-wooden dolls popular because of their jointed limbs and inexpensive price. This book was part of a series of 13 Golliwogg stories popular in the late 19th and early 20th century illustrated by Florence and written by her mother, Bertha.
8vo oblong (8 5/8" x 11"); 66pp; color pictorial boards, a Golliwog and two Dutch dolls in a go-cart on front; quarter-bound green cloth; color patterned endpapers with swans and sailing ships, lacking rear free endpaper; color vignette of a Dutch doll on title page; 31 full-page color illustrations; text and line drawings in sepia; wear and light soiling to boards with loss at corners, spot on front board, last page has age-toning, lacking rear ep; very good minus. The Golliwogg and its Dutch doll companions go on an adventure in a go-cart. The Golliwogg was a character invented by Florence Upton (1873-1922) based on a Black minstrel toy. The Dutch dolls were penny-wooden dolls popular because of their jointed limbs and inexpensive price. This book was part of a series of 13 Golliwogg stories popular in the late 19th and early 20th century illustrated by Florence and written by her mother, Bertha.
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- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1760
- Title
- The Golliwogg's "Auto-Go-Cart
- Author
- UPTON, Bertha, verses. Florence K. UPTON, illustrator
- Illustrator
- Florence K. UPTON
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London, New York & Bombay
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Children's book
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