ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 4/1871 - HFSID 225879
Price: $160.00
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (WARD)
Signature of the popular author, whose children's books dealt with serious subjects
Autograph Sentiment Signed: "Very truly yours/Elizabeth Stuart Phelps/Andover Mass/April
1871", 4½x2½. This popular author (1844-1911), born Mary Phelps, adopted her mother's
name, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, when her mother died in 1852, and it was as Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps that she published her first book, one of her popular children's stories, in
1864. In 1888 she married Herbert Dickinson Ward, a journalist 23 years her junior, and
they collaborated on some of her later books. Phelps Ward wrote many children's books -
often dealing with mature subjects like coping with death. She was among the first to
popularize "tomboy" female characters. Her adult novels, beginning with The Gates Ajar
(1868), were also popular. Her books included feminist and also religious themes. She died
in Newton, Massachusetts in 1911. Folds. Toned. Notch missing from top right corner.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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