AUNT LOUISA'S BOOKS  

A sin: Laura Valentine Aunt Louisa's Book of Common Things Great Britain: F. Warne & Co. Ltd, 1920. A Childs book which teaches and explains many common things and activities the the story form. Profusely illustrated with many very high quality drawings and pictures. Approx 56 pages.

Laura Valentine Selected and Edited By L. V. RHYMES FOR THE LITTLE ONES London: Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Strand, n.d. [ca. 1880]  Illustrated with a color frontispiece. Includes rhymes by: Mary Lundie Duncan, Ann and Jane Taylor, Mrs. Hawtrey, Langhorne, Mrs. Sigourney, Lucy Aiken, Sara Coleridge, M. A. Stodart, Wordsworth, Watts, and others.

Laura Valentine Aunt Louisa's First Book for Children London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1902 . This book provides a fascinating insight into the learning habits of the late Victorian child with a wealth of black and white illustrations present on most of the 74 pages. Illustrated by Various, Including Louis Wain. There is a full page chromolithograph facing the frontispiece of three young Victorian children, reading a book and surrounded by a variety of dolls and animals. Within the contents there are three full pages of Louis Wain illustrations, supporting a story titled 'The Ten Little Kittens'. The rest of the contents include an illustrated alphabet, pictures of the seasons, birds, clocks and so on.

A sin.: Aunt Louisa Nelly, the Gypsy Girl London; Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1860 Purple cloth covers, 16mo, 124pp. Illustrated frontispiece. A ds.: (Aunt Louisa's Untearable Gift Books) Home and Country Pets London. Frederick Warne, ca.1880s. 12, full page color plates printed by Kronheim.

LAURA JEWRY VALENTINE (1814 - 1899)
pseudonym: Aunt Louisa

Inglese di nascita, famosa scrittrice e compilatrice di libri per l'infanzia; per molti anni è l'editore generale della casa editrice Frederick Warne and Co., Londra, che infatti pubblica tutte le sue opere. Negli Stati Uniti, alcune sono pubblicate da McLoughlin Brothers, il maggior editore di libri a stampa in colore per bambini dell'epoca.

Altri titoli:

DARING AND DOING, A BOOK FOR BOYS, London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1874
AUNT LOUISA'S FAIRY LEGENDS: COMPRISING PUSS INBOOTS, JACK AND THEBEANSTOALK, WHITE CAT, HARE AND THE TORTOISE, McLaughlin Brothers, 1875
THE KNIGHTS RANSOM, London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1870
EASTERN TALES BY MANY STORY TELLERS, London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1902
WORLD-WIDE FABLES, McLoughlin Brothers, 1880
AUNT LOUISA'S LONDON TOY BOOKS: LILY SWEET-BRIAR'S BIRTHDAY, London: Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1870
AUNT LOUISA'S LONDON TOY BOOKS: SEA-SIDE, London: Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1870
AUNT LOUISA'S LONDON TOY BOOKS: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, London: Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1870
AUNT LOUISA'S STORIES OF OLD, COMPRISING PUSS IN BOOTS, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, London: Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1890
AUNT LOUISA'S KEEPSAKE: COMPRISING SING A SONG O' SIXPENCE, ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERY MEN, THE ROBIN'S CHRISTMAS EVE, THE SEA-SIDE, London: Frederick Warne and Co./Scribner, Welford and Co., ca. 1880
AUNT LOUISA'S LONDON GIFT BOOK: COMPRISING NURSERY SONGS, EDITH AND MILLYS HOUSEKEEPING, LIFE OF A DOLL, JOHN GILPIN, London: Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1875, printed incolours by Kronheim
AUNT LOUISA'S WELCOME GIFT: COMPRISING JOHN BULL'S FARM ALPHABET, TOBBY'S TEA FIGHT, ROVER'S DINNER PARTY, London: Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1875
AUNT LOUISA'S NURSERY FAVOURITE: COMPRISING DIAMONDS AND TOADS, DICK WHITTINGTON, LILY SWEET-BRIAR, HUNCLE'S FARM YARD, London: Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1870