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The Sea Fairy
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In Celebration of Vintage
Illustrated Children's Books
The Sea Fairy is a bi-monthly newsletter for fans, enthusiasts, collectors, dealers and curators of vintage illustrated juvenile and children's books, dating mostly from 1800 to the 1930's, with an emphasis on more unusual works.
Each issue contains many scans of illustrations (some in color), feature articles, bibliographies, biographies, sample text and verse, book reviews, reader inputs, excerpts, publication histories and other interesting information for fans of the genre.
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Subjects of Past Issues
The Sea Fairy has been in publication for over 7 years with a long list of loyal subscribers including many libraries, antiquarian societies and museums.
Past articles are very varied, and include subjects such as L. Frank Baum, Maxfield Parrish, James M. Barrie, Lewis Carroll, The Water Babies, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mary Frances Series, Eleanor Vere Boyle, Chapbooks, Dennison's Halloween Bogie Books, Struwwelpeter, James Whitcomb Riley, Old Children's Book Catalogs, Ludwig Bemelmans, Palmer Cox, George Cruikshank, Orbis Pictus (the first children's book written in 1657), Louis Wain, Christina Rossetti, Arthur Rackham, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, Flower Fairies, Henry Darger, Boy's Adventure Stories, Gustave Dore, Mary Shelley, E. Nesbit, Victorian Trade Bindings, Teenie Weenies, N. C. Wyeth, Beatrix Potter, Children's Book Awards, W. W. Denslow, Pop-Up Books, Jules Verne, Dolls in Literature, Edward Lear, Kate Greenaway, St. Nicholas Magazine, Andrew Lang, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hans Christian Andersen, H. G. Wells, Howard Pyle, Harrison Cady, Charles and Heath Robinson, Dare Wright, Kay Thompson's Eloise, Madeleine L'Engle..... and many more.
Library of Congress ISSN: 1932-801X
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Contact Information
The Sea Fairy is produced in a 32-page booklet format (5 1/2" x 8"). It is edited by Elizabeth (Liz) Holderman, who is an antiques dealer and an avid collector of vintage illustrated children's books, toys and holiday items from the 1800's.
If you are a fan of antique children's books - and if you enjoy the imagination and creativity of yesterday's authors and illustrators - you will love this publication. Yearly subscriptions are $24 for 6 issues, which covers expenses for publishing and mailing only. Sample copies and back issues are available for $4 each.
For more information, contact Liz Holderman at
LHolderman@aol.com
Please use "Sea Fairy" in the subject line.
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Vintage Illustrations Shown On This Web Page:
Top: In the middle of the night, Griselda sat in her nightgown inside the cuckoo clock. It was something like a saloon railway carriage - it seemed to be all lined and carpeted with rich mossy red velvet. From The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth (1877). This illustration by Maria Kirk was created in 1914.
Middle: "There she blows - there she blows! A hump like a snowhill! It is Moby Dick!" From Moby Dick by Herman Melville (1851). This illustration by Mead Schaeffer was published in 1942.
Above: The bird turned and flew quickly away, but the boy never let go, not even when they soared high into the air. From "The Nunda, Eater of People" in The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, illustrated by H. J. Ford (1901).
Right: Iris in a country garden, / Politely said, "I beg your pardon, / But I'm from sunny France you see, / And my real name is Fleur-de-Lis." From Flower Children by Elizabeth Gordon, illustrated by M.T. Ross (1910).
Below: Sample covers of past Sea Fairy issues.
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