The One Rose, Mother of the Immortal Kewpies; A Biography of Rose O'neill and the Story of Her Work [Inscribed & Signed]

(Oakland, CA): [The Author], (1964). First edition. xi, 80 pages plates, portraits 25 cm About fine copy in an about good(-) to fair, amply worn jacket, partly cracked at folds, with edge-wear and chipping. Front fly leaf neatly detached and laid in; jacket now in archival mylar. Hardcover.

Inscribed to one Charles Werner by the author. / "Kewpie is a brand of dolls and figurines that were conceived as comic strip characters by cartoonist Rose O'Neill. The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby cupid characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic strips in 1909, and O'Neill began to illustrate and sell paper doll versions of the Kewpies. The characters were first produced as bisque dolls in Waltershausen, Germany, beginning in 1912, and became extremely popular in the early 20th century." —Wikipedia.