Books

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Books by Rose O’Neill

  • The Loves of Edwy (1904)
  • The Lady in the White Veil (1909)
  • The Kewpies, Their Life & Exploits (1909, originally unpublished)
  • The Kewpies and Dotty Darling (multiple editions beginning in 1912)
  • The Kewpies and Their Book (1913)
  • The Kewpie Kutouts (1914)
  • The Kewpie Primer (1916)
  • The Master-Mistress (1922)
  • The Kewpies and the Runaway Baby (1928)
  • Garda (1929)
  • The Goblin Woman (1930)
  • Rose O’Neill Kewpies with Ragsy & Ritzy (1932)
  • Scootles in Kewpieville Color Book (1936)
  • Scootles and Kewpie Doll Book (1936)

Books illustrated by Rose O’Neill

  • The Round Rabbit by Agnes Lee (1898)
  • The Spenders by Harry Leon Wilson (1902)
  • Eagle Blood by James Creelman (1902)
  • The Lions of the Lord by Harry Leon Wilson (1903)
  • The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson (1904)
  • The Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson (1905)
  • The Crucible by Mark Lee Luther (1907)
  • Forty Minutes Late by F. Hopkinson Smith (1909)
  • Marie of Arcady by F. Hewes Lancaster (1909)
  • Peter-Peter by Maude Radford Warren (1909)
  • The King in Khaki by Henry Kitchell Webster (1909)
  • Biography of A Boy by Josephine Daskam Bacon (1910)
  • Clever Betsy by Clara Louise Burnham (1910)
  • The Hickory Limb by Parker H. Fillmore (1910)
  • The Very Little Person by Mary Heaton Vorse (1911)
  • The Young Idea by Parker H. Fillmore (1911)
  • For Love of Mary Ellen by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1912)
  • Our Baby’s Book by Better Baby’s Bureau (1914)
  • A Little Question in Ladies Rights by Parker H. Fillmore (1916)
  • A Book of Plays by Witter Bynner, dust cover only (1922)
  • The Demon’s Notebook by Swinburne Hale (1923)
  • Tomorrow’s House or The Tiny Angel by George O’Neill (1930)
  • Gold and Her Neighborhood House by Lenora Mattingly Weber, dust cover only (1933)
  • Laughing Their Way, Women’s Humor in America by Marth Bensley Bruere & Mary Ritter Beard (1934)
  • Sing a Song of Safety by Irving Caesar, music by Gerald Marks (1937)
  • Lyrics in Brief 1300-1938 by Tom Boggs (1938)
  • Other books contain single poems and/or illustrations by Rose not cited here.

Collector’s Books to look for about Rose O’Neill

  • Memories of Rose O’Neill (1954) by Maude Horine
  • Harry Leon Wilson (1963) by George Nicholas Kummer
  • The One Rose by Rowena Godding Ruggles (1964) first and second editions
  • Centennial Reminiscing Battle Creek, Nebraska (1967) by Charles C. Zimmerman
  • Cordially Yours Rose O’Neill (1968) by Mary H. Trimble, and Barbara (Trimble) Abernathy
  • Titans and Kewpies the Life and Art of Rose O’Neill (1968) by Ralph Alan McCanse
  • Rose O’Neill Scrap Book (1971) by Robert Gibbons
  • Kewpies in Action (1972) by Marlene Leuzzi
  • Fels-Naptha Ads (1982) by Marguerite Fisher
  • Kewpie Dishes! (1982) by June Anderson and Mabel Goode
  • Kewpie Needlework (1983) by June Anderson
  • Rose O’Neill Kewpies (1983) by Lois Holiday Holman first and second editions
  • Sweet Monsters, The Serious Art of Rose O’Neill (1983) by Robert Gibbons
  • Through Rose Colored Glasses, The Drawings and Illustrations of Rose Cecil O’Neill (Springfield Art Museum 1985 exhibition catalogue)
  • Kewpies – Dolls & Art (1987) by John Axe
  • A Bibliography of the Works of Rose O’Neill (1989) by David Edwards and Vernon Jordan
  • Cover Art by Rose O’Neill (1989) by Marguerite Fisher
  • The Art of Rose O’Neill by Helen Goodman and the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford Pennsylvania (1989 exhibition catalogue)
  • Drear and Mrs. Cheer Advertising Art (1990) by Marguerite Fisher
  • German Bisque Kewpies and Doddle Dogs (1991) by IROC
  • Kewpie Kutouts Guide Book (1993) by June Anderson
  • The Antique Postcards of Rose O’Neill (1993) by Janet A. Banneck, revised and illustrated by Susan Brown Nicholson
  • Kewpies and Beyond, The World of Rose O’Neill (1994) by Shelley Armitage
  • Kewpies from Yesterday for People Today (1994) by June Anderson
  • The Kewpie Kompanion, a compendium of kewpie knowledge by Cynthia Gaskill (1994 Theriault’s Gold Horse Publishing)
  • The Great Divide – The Published Works of Rose O’Neill from 1893-1896 (1995) Vernon Jordan
  • Remembering Rose O’Neill (1996) by Robert Gibbons
  • The Story of Rose O’Neill, an Autobiography edited (1997) by Miriam Formanek-Brunell
  • American Illustrator Rose O’Neill (2000) by J. L. Wilkerson
  • Rose O’Neill and Jell-O compiled (2000) by Iona & Charles Bates
  • The Works of Rose Cecil O’Neill in Up to Date (2000) by David O’Neill and Vernon Jordan
  • American Illustrator Rose O’Neill by J. L. Wilkerson (2001)
  • The Affair Between the American Legion and Jell-O (2001) by Col. Bob Allen
  • Letters from a Weminuche Homestead, 1902 (2002) by Edith Shaw
  • Puck 1897-1912, A List of Illustrations (2002) by Rose Cecil O’Neill compiled by Susan Ellen Wilson
  • Collecting Rose O’Neill’s Kewpies (2003) by David O’Neill and Janet O’Neill Sullivan
  • Tales of Rose O’Neill from the Fairy Tree (2003) by Vernon D. Jordan, Jr
  • With Kewpish Love (2004) by Florence Theriault
  • Women’s Suffrage and Rose O’Neill (2005) by Vernon Jordan
  • Submarines, Thrifty Stamps, and Soldiers (2006) by Vernon Jordan
  • Sweet Tooth and Food Conservation (Circa WWI) (2006) by Vernon Jordan
  • Just for Fun – Kewpie Korners (2007) by Vernon Jordan
  • R.O.S.E. (History of Kewpie Klubs) (2007) By Vernon Jordan
  • Smiles – More Kewpie Korners (2007) by Vernon Jordan
  • Special Days (Kewpie Korners) (2007) by Vernon Jordan
  • The Fairy Tree Revisited (2007) by Vernon Jordan
  • Rose O’Neill Art and Exhibitions (2009) by Vernon Jordan
  • Rose O’Neill, The Girl Who Loved to Draw (2009) by Linda Brewster
  • Some Kewpies Never in Print (2009) by Vernon Jordan
  • The Kewpie Philosophy (2009) by Vernon Jordan
  • The Tale of a Lion (2009) by Vernon Jordan
  • The Wernicks and Rose O’Neill (2009) by Vernon Jordan
  • Addendum to Bibliography of the Works of Rose O’Neill (2011) by David Edwards and Vernon Jordan
  • Automobiles, Kewpies, and Rose O’Neill (2011) by Vernon Jordan
  • Ice Cream Kewpie Kraze (2011) by Vernon Jordan
  • Drear and Mrs. Cheer Oxydol Advertisements (2011) by Vernon Jordan
  • Rose O’Neill’s Kewpie Kraze and Product Ads #4) (2011) by Vernon Jordan
  • Rose O’Neill’s Kewpie Kraze (Birth of the Kewpie Doll) (2011) by Vernon Jordan
  • Rose O’Neill’s Kewpie Kraze (Keeps 50 Factories Busy) (2011) by Vernon Jordan
  • Rose O’Neill’s Kewpie Kraze (Maiden America) (2011) by Vernon Jordan
  • Rose O’Neill’s Kewpie Kraze Newspaper Product Ads (2011) by Vernon Jordan
  • The Adventure of the Kewpies (2012) by Martha Melton
  • Rose at Bonniebrook (2017) by Vernon Jordan
  • Rose O’Neill Art (2017) by Vernon Jordan
  • The First Kewpies (2017) by Vernon Jordan
  • Frolic of the Mind, The Illustrious Life of Rose O’Neill by Sarah Buhr (2018 exhibition catalogue)
  • Kewpieville (2018) by Vernon Jordan
  • Kewpieville Christmastime (2018) by Vernon Jordan

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