Doings of Little Bear

Decorative matt hardbound bright orange boards with colorful illustration from the story on the front board, show wear along all sides with some rubbing to both boards. All corners have some wear and bumping. The top and bottom of the spine back strip show wear and rubbing, as well as rubbing down the down the back strip. The spine and hinges are firmly attached, with no cracking to the endpapers. Text block is firm with pages that have not been broken in from the binding (i.e. they are not lay flat and have not been creased to open completely). Very slight, consistent age tanning throughout with some light foxing. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. Interior pages are in very good condition with no, tears, chips, cracks, or other previous owner marks. Filled with black & white intext drawings and full-page color illustrations. 64 pages. Dimensions: H – 6-3/4" W – 5-1/2"

Frances Margaret (Madge) Fox (1870 – 1959) is most well-known for her Little Bear series but she published her first book in 1901, which was the first of fifty books and numerous articles for magazines she wrote over the course of her career. From an unhappy childhood in Mackinaw City, Michigan to life with the Joslyn family in Bay City, she went on to love the Mackinac area, later building a stone house on the Straits of Mackinac that she named "Happy Landing." She spent her summers in Mackinac and winters in Washington D.C. conducting research at the Library of Congress, where she was one of the few researchers of her time allowed access to the stacks.