Doll: The Queen of the Dolls as told by the Dolls Themselves, autographed 1965

The Queen of the Dolls; as told by the Dolls Themselves
Illustrated by Duruy – 1857 Paris
Santa Barbara, CA: Mrs. L. A. Bartholomew
1965. [48] p.

Translation of “La Reine des Poupées”, the cover title, into English. Illustrations hand tinted with Velox watercolors by Edith Bartholomew (autographed on title page). Some discoloration on book cover and three knicks on the folds of the cover.

The most beautiful doll in the doll shop is named the Queen of the Dolls. A number of the other dolls are purchased by little girls who are friends, and the dolls tell their stories when they return to the shop for repairs. There are several baby dolls, a beautiful doll named Vermeille, and a Bretonne peasant doll named Perette. A rather ugly doll is fixed up and given to a poor child, and the children visit him. They are distressed because the family must pay the rent but have no money. The children put on a puppet show and ask their parents for donations to pay the rent. At Easter prizes are given to each doll. The Queen of the Dolls is brought to hand out the prizes, and then is given to one of the girls who doesn’t have a doll of her own.