HANS BRINKER or THE SILVER SKATES by M.M. DODGE (1918) Start Price GBP 59.95 Current Price GBP 59.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, August 18, 2008 End Time Thursday, August 28, 2008 Location New Romney See more about 'HANS BRINKER or THE SILVER SKATES by M.M. DODGE (1918)' Description   Item: HANS BRINKER or THE SILVER SKATES by MARY MAPES DODGE.   345 page (24cm x 18.5cm x 14cm) hardback book published by David Mckay 1918.   Content: This is a 1918 edition of Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge.   Illustrated with full page full colour plates by Maginel Wright Enright.   Mary Mapes Dodge (26 January 1831 - 21 August 1905) was an American children's writer and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. Mary was born Mary Elizabeth Mapes to Prof. James Jay Mapes and Sophia Furman in New York City. She acquired a good education under private tutors. In 1851 she married the lawyer William Dodge. Within the next four years she gave birth to two sons, James and Harrington. In 1857, William faced serious financial difficulties and left his family in 1858. A month after his disappearance his body was found dead from an apparent drowning, and Mary Mapes Dodge became a widow. In 1859 she began writing and editing, working with her father to publish two magazines, the Working Farmer and the United States Journal. Within a few years she had great success with a collection of short stories, The Irvington Stories (1864), and a novel was solicited. Dodge responded with Hans Brinker, an instant bestseller. Later in life she was an associate editor of Hearth and Home, edited by Harriet Beecher Stowe. She had charge of the household and children's departments of that paper for many years. She became an editor in her own right with the children's St. Nicholas Magazine, for she was able to solicit stories from a number of well-known writers including Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and Robert Louis Stevenson. St. Nicholas became one of the most successful magazines for children during the second half of the nineteenth century, with a circulation of almost 70,000 children. Dodge is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, New Jersey. Condition: Hardback good/excellent condition; minor bumps/splits/wear top/bottom of spine, minor bumps/wear to corners/edges, minor wear to illustrated front board, bumps/stains/wear to rear board, minor handling marks/marks. Pages excellent condition; 5cm split top edge page 303, very minor dulling/marks to endpapers, minor dulling to first/last 2 pages - remaining page faces very clean & bright.   Additional photographs available upon request.   Collectable!!!      SHIPPING INSURANCE All books are insured during shipping for their purchase value up to a maximum of UK £34.00 This insurance excludes postage & packaging costs. Additional cover available upon request.       Add me to your favourites list!   Check out my other items!   &    My eBay Shop   /P>G> Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!