4 vols.
Marguerite Henry Chincoteaque Presentation Copies to Beebe Family Members, The Models for Her Principle Human Characters: Henry, Marguerite. The Little Fellow. Philadelphia: John C. Wintson, [1945]. 4to, orig pictorial green cloth; some dampstaining & edge wear, d/j (often chipped, some dampstaining & wrinkling, price clipped). Illus by Diana Thorne. Inscr & signed on half-title, "[The Little Fellow] comes to Maureen and Paul with love from Marguerite." * Misty of Chincoteaque. New York, etc.: Rand McNally, [1947]. 4to, orig pictorial slate-blue cloth; moderate wear, d/j (chipped, creased & worn, crudely repaired). Inscr to Harold Beebe & signed by Marguerite Henry. * Sea Star, Orphan of Chicoteaque. New York, etc.: Rand McNally, [1949]. 4to, orig pictorial green cloth; light wear, d/j (chipped at joints & edges). Illus by Wesley Dennis. Inscr & signed on verso of front free endpaper by Marguerite Henry. Also signed on half-title by Paul, Maureen, Clarence & Ida Beebe. * Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merril, [1947]. 4to, orig gilt-lettered red cloth; light to moderate wear, d/j (chipped, spine gone, other paper loss). Illus by Wesley Dennis. Inscr to Paul and Maureen Beebe & signed by Marguerite Henry on half-title, further embellished with a pen & ink drawing of the cat, Grimalkin. All 1st or presumed 1st eds.