Marjorie and Her Papa. (Frank P. Deering, San Francisco interest)

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"How they wrote a story and made pictures for it,".. illustrations by Birch after Fletcher's design. The story is interspersed with dialogue between the two, a little affected but amusing. Presentation copy to Frank  P, Deering c/o the SF Bohemian club, with warm inscription in rhyme SIGNED by the author and additional tipped-in letter in envelope from the author.  "to Endearing Miss Frank Deering in the "first" year of her age/ This the "Author" now appearing/ Hopes she'll laugh at every page;/ Hopes, too, that whate'er her age is,/When Life's story she has heard/ She'll find joy in all its pages/And be happy as a bird. Robert Howe Fletcher, San Francisco, August 20th, 1905. The book must have been in the Russian Hill house seven months later. Ask us for contents of the letter.

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Marjorie and her Papa, by R. H. Fletcher, ill by Reginald Birch, SIGNED.
Marjorie and her Papa, by R. H. Fletcher, ill by Reginald Birch, SIGNED.
Marjorie and her Papa, by R. H. Fletcher, ill by Reginald Birch, SIGNED.
Marjorie and her Papa, by R. H. Fletcher, ill by Reginald Birch, SIGNED.
Marjorie and her Papa, by R. H. Fletcher, ill by Reginald Birch, SIGNED.
Marjorie and her Papa, by R. H. Fletcher, ill by Reginald Birch, SIGNED.
Marjorie and Her Papa.
Fletcher, Robert Howe.
/Reginald Birch, illustrator.
New York: Century, 1904/1891. Tan cloth with stamped picture; 8vo; 96 pp + 20 plates.
Juvenile hardback.
CONDITION: Very Good Plus with no jacket; no names, spine darkened.
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Marjorie and her Papa, by R. H. Fletcher, ill by Reginald Birch, SIGNED.
Marjorie and her Papa, by R. H. Fletcher, ill by Reginald Birch, SIGNED.
Control Number: 
6240

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by admin - 2010-07-20 11:35

Occasionally we succeed in

Occasionally we succeed in reuniting a book with its family. We hope the title of this page will help. What a nice baby present for a Deering descendant!

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