Doll: Marjorie’s Literary Dolls 1916

Marjorie’s Literary Dolls
by Patten Beard [Emma Patten Beard]
NY: Frederick A. Stokes
1916 (1st edition). 114 p.

Good condition, especially for a book over 100 years old. No jacket. Tight, square, and securely bound in beige cloth with color illustrated cover and laid-on photo. Cover is soiled and lightly rubbed in a few spots on front. Pages are clean and unmarked. There are 19 black and white photographs of Marjorie’s dolls arranged by the author.

The author becomes intrigued by a dollhouse belonging to a friend named Marjorie that is home to Mr. George Abihad Wolsen, his wife Marie, and their baby Jackie. Mr. Wolsen is an author and spends each day writing articles on his typewriter. Each day he receives many rejection slips in the mail and sends his articles out again. He writes a book for a contest, wins the prize, and becomes a famous author. Marjorie herself and her brother and sister also publish their own newspaper, The Monthly Post.