Search Results: mother mcgrew and oliver owl by gall alice crew

Cleveland, Ohio: The Goldsmith Publishing Co., (1917)., (1917).. Very good. - Small quarto, 8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stitched cream wrappers titled in orange with a color vignette of Oliver Owl on the front cover. There is a list of The Mother McGrew Books on the rear cover. The covers are slightly soiled with darkened edges and a few stains to the rear cover. 20 unnumbered pages, including the covers, with 7 full page illustrations in color. Very good.
Apparently the first softcover edition. A hardcover copy was published by Cupples & Leon Company who hold the copyright.
The tale is told in poetry. Oliver Owl simply would not go to bed. When Mother McGrew lost her patience with Oliver, she tapped him three times with her magical wand making him sleep during the day and awake at night.

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1917. Book. Illus. by Lee Wright Stanley. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth spine. Considerable wear to the extremities. The boards are rubbed. The hinges are narrowly cracked. An unmarked copy..

New York: Cupples & Leon. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1917. Hardcover. Cover soil and rub, corners rubbed, gift inscription, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Delightful illustrations by Lee Wright Stanley. "Oliver Owl simply would not go to bed. When Mother McGrew lost her patience with Oliver, she tapped him three times with her magical wand making him sleep during the day and awake at night." ; Mother McGrew Books; Vol. 1; [20] pages .