"Stories About Children", by Charles Dickens. Introduction by Elizabeth Lodor Merchant, illustrated by Clara M. Burd, published by The John C. Winston Company, Chicago, 1929. First Edition for Burd's illustrations.

Hard boards, green cloth with paper illustration on front board and gold lettering on spine [a little shelf wear]; 6" x 8.3/4"; illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece, 274 pages including 10 full-page monochrome plates + 3 color plates on glossy paper [all listen illustrations are present], very good condition.

"An excellent way to introduce children to the great Charles Dickens with this series of excerpts from his works."

"Dickens' Stories About Children" contains stories based upon popular characters in his novels: Tiny Tim, Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and more.

Clara Miller Burd (1873-1933) was an American stained glass designer and children's book and magazine cover illustrator. She was educated at Chase School and the National Academy of Design in New York. In 1898, she traveled to Paris, France to continue her art education where she became a student of Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois at the Academie Colarossi. After returning from France, Burd worked as a stained-glass designer at the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company in New York. She also worked at the J&R Lamb Studios as well as at the Church Glass and Decorating Company. She also illustrated numerous children's books.

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