Izola L. Forrester "US FELLERS" First and 12 similar items

"US FELLERS" Text by Izola L. Forrester Illustrated by B. Cory Kilvert Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs Company Publishers, (1907). First edition. (Published October, 1907). Front inner hinge repaired, rear hinge split but holding, faded inscription to the front endpaper, minor shelf wear to the spine ends and corner tips, else a very good copy in blueish green cloth with a large illustrated paste down cover label; gilt spine titles. Eight charming color plates by B. Cory Kilvert. Tall octavo (9" by 6 3/4") 150 pages. Delightful vintage juvenile chapter book featuring the adventures of a group of boys and girls. Contains one baseball chapter: "Base-ball and Lemonade" with a color illustrated plate of two boys "knobbing up" with a bat. Purportedly, the granddaughter of John Wilkes Booth, Izola Forrester was a pioneer journalist who began editing and writing at 15. She was also an early silent film screenwriter, the author of over twenty books, a feature writer for newspapers, and frequent contributor to the pulps of the day. "An embodiment of the post-Victorian independent woman, Forrester pursued her professional career both by choice and economic necessity, managing to balance it with motherhood and the raising of eight children born between 1901 and 1918."--wikipedia. Izola was the author of This One Mad Act: The Unknown Story of John Wilkes Booth and His Family by His Granddaughter (1937), a memoir of her childhood recollections of her mother's and grandmother's connection with John Wilkes Booth. Not listed in McCue, Baseball by the Books: A History and Bibliography of Baseball Fiction. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT BOOKS THANKS!