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Some interesting information can be teased out of the publication information, especially the dedications, of Quinn's books. Below is a chronological list of her books with publication year, name as presented in the book, publisher, and anything else of note.
Many of the dedications are to family and I've identified them where I can make those connections.
The Kewpie Primer (1916)*
The Kewpie Primer (1916)*
Named as: Text and Music by Elisabeth V. Quinn
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Wonder Book of Fairy Tales (1917, 2012*)
Wonder Book of Fairy Tales (1917, 2012*)
Named as: Elisabeth Vernon Quinn, Ed.
Note the s in Elisabeth.
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Reprinted by the National Review in 2012
The Storytime Book (1917)
The Storytime Book (1917)
Named as: Elizabeth Vernon Quinn, Ed.
Publisher: Samuel Lowe Company
The Spanish Fairy Book (1918)
The Spanish Fairy Book (1918)
Named as: Elisabeth Vernon Quinn (translator)
Note the s in Elisabeth
Illustrator: George W. Hood
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Dedication: To Natalia, Elena, and Gonzalo for whom the stories were written and to Ruth, Elisabeth, and Davis for whom they were translated
Note: Ruth and Davis are likely her niece and nephew, and Elisabeth her grandniece (through Davis).
Beautiful America (1923, 1938)
Beautiful America (1923, 1938)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap in 1938
Dedication: To D'alary Fechét, Major, US Army
Fechét was stationed in Germany with the AFG while Quinn was there. He never married and had no children when he died in San Diego on 24 September 1965. This book comes out a couple years after she returns to New York.
Beautiful Mexico: It's Story, Legends, and Scenic Charm (1924, 1940)
Beautiful Mexico: It's Story, Legends, and Scenic Charm (1924, 1940)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap in 1940
Dedication: To Carson Quinn (Quinn's youngest brother
Beautiful Canada (1925, 1938)
Beautiful Canada (1925, 1938)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Publishers: Frederick A. Stokes Company and F.D. Goodchild Company (Canada)
Reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap in 1938
How to Analyze Hands and Hand Writing (1927)*
How to Analyze Hands and Hand Writing (1927)*
Named as: Capini Vequin (co-author with Jerome S. Meyer)
Publisher: Blue Ribbon Books
Hands Up! Palmistry for Pastime (1928)*
Hands Up! Palmistry for Pastime (1928)*
Named as: Capini Vequin
Publishers: Frederick A. Stokes Company and T. Werner Laurie (London)
The Exciting Adventures of Captain John Smith (1928)
The Exciting Adventures of Captain John Smith (1928)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: H.C. Murphy
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Dedication: "To DAVIS QUINN whose love of color and adventure, of Indian lore and the out-of-doors, of tales of heroic deeds in the long-gone past, is an inheritance from that hardy pioneer ancestor who took up the torch where Captain John Smith dropped it and, with its flame burning brightly, pushed civilization westward--the first white man to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains."
Notes: Davis Quin is her nephew. John Lederer is the first European to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains.
War-Paint and Powder-Horn: On the Old Santa Fe Trail (1929)
War-Paint and Powder-Horn: On the Old Santa Fe Trail (1929)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: H.C. Murphy
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
The March of the Iron Men (1930)
The March of the Iron Men (1930)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Picture Map Geography of the United States (1931)
Picture Map Geography of the United States (1931)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Paul Spencer Johst
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Dedication: "Nancy Miller who hates geography and to Bill Kendall Miller who doesn't like it at all!"
Card Games for Children (1933)
Card Games for Children (1933)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Picture Story of Franklin D Roosevelt (1934)*
Picture Story of Franklin D Roosevelt (1934)*
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Paul Spencer Johst
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Manos Arriba! La Quiromancia Como Pasatiempo (1935)
Manos Arriba! La Quiromancia Como Pasatiempo (1935)
Named as: Capini Vequin
Publisher: Editorial Cenit (Madrid)
Note: Spanish (Spain) version of Hands Up!
Seeds: Their Place in Life and Legend (1936, 1937)*
Seeds: Their Place in Life and Legend (1936, 1937)*
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Marie A. Lawson
Publisher: Frederick A Stokes
Second edition published in 1937
Dedication: For Viola Swanson Quinn Whose Attractive Garden and Quinwood Helped in the Making of this Book
Leaves: Their Place in Life and Legend (1937)*
Leaves: Their Place in Life and Legend (1937)*
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Marie A. Lawson
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Dedication: To Blanca Moody, A Great Artist, A Charming Companion, A Loyal Friend
Roots: Their Place in Life and Legend (1938)
Roots: Their Place in Life and Legend (1938)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Marie A. Lawson
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Stories and Legends of Garden Flowers (1939)*
Stories and Legends of Garden Flowers (1939)*
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Dedication: For Carmen Houston
Shrubs in the Garden and Their Legends (1940)*
Shrubs in the Garden and Their Legends (1940)*
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Dedication: For EXQ
Timeline Note: Frederick A. Stokes Company folded in 1940 and was acquired by J.B. Lippincott Company of Philadelphia, PA, in 1943.
Timeline Note: Frederick A. Stokes Company folded in 1940 and was acquired by J.B. Lippincott Company of Philadelphia, PA, in 1943.
Picture Map Geography of South America (1941)*
Picture Map Geography of South America (1941)*
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Paul Spencer Johst
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company
Dedication: For / Thomas de Pinillos Moody / who asked for this book / and / Carmen Joan Moody / who perhaps may like it / and / Robert King Moody III / who doesn't want it at all
Picture Map Geography of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies (1943)
Picture Map Geography of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies (1943)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Da Osimo
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Picture Map Geography of the Pacific Islands (1945)
Picture Map Geography of the Pacific Islands (1945)
Named as: Venon Quinn
Illustrator: Frank Beaudouin
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company
Picture Map Geography of Asia
Picture Map Geography of Asia
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Frank Beaudouin
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company
Puzzle Paradise (1946)
Puzzle Paradise (1946)
Named as: Capini Vequin (co-author with Jerome S. Meyer)
Publisher: Crown Publishers (New York)
Fifty Card Games for Children (1946)
Fifty Card Games for Children (1946)
Named as: ?
Whitman Publishing Company (Racine, WI)
Pageant of the Seven Seas (1948)
Pageant of the Seven Seas (1948)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company
Picture Map Geography of Africa (1952)
Picture Map Geography of Africa (1952)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Illustrator: Charles E. Pont
Publisher: Lippincott
50 Card Games for Children: With an Easy Lesson in Contract Bridge (1956)*
50 Card Games for Children: With an Easy Lesson in Contract Bridge (1956)*
Named as: Vernon Quinn
US Playing Card Co. (Cincinnati, OH)
Dedication: To / Joan and Ann / and / Richard and Evan / of the House of Horace Miller
50 Card Games for Children With an Easy Lesson in Contract Bridge and Complete Layouts for Playing (1983)
50 Card Games for Children With an Easy Lesson in Contract Bridge and Complete Layouts for Playing (1983)
Named as: Vernon Quinn
Western Publishing Company
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