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Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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56 pages color illustrations. Printed Photo-Offset by Suttley & Silverlock, LTD., Blackfriars Road. Color illustrated frontispiece, title page, and endpapers. Eleven full-page illustrations, with color decorations on each text page. Bound in bright paper covered pictorial boards with title in red. Case binding. Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875--3 August 1949) was a Scottish illustrator known for her beautiful illustrated children's books; she also designed jewelery and fabric, and painted pottery; King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.