About a year ago I let you know that I had acquired a copy of Our Little Vatican City Cousin and you asked me for a photo of the cover. Unfortunately I never received that email and was unaware that you had even sent it until someone else recently posted on the Little Cousin board and I went back to review the whole thread. I feel horrible that I made you wait a year.

I can’t see a way to attach photos to this reply but if you will send me your email address, I’ll send you a photo of the cover and a few other pages. If there is anything else you need, like copies of other covers etc., please let me know. I’m happy to provide them.

Please contact me directly at my email address: ezrahuber@att.net to make sure that I get it.

Best,

Ezra

They are pretty amazing. If you are interested in acquiring some more of them, I’ve got lots of duplicates. You can contact me directly at ezrahuber@att.net with a list of what you have and I will see if I can fill some gaps.

Wow, thanks very much for the additional research. I’m especially interested in the Vatican City Cousin because I have never heard of that one. Since the Vatican City is a walled enclave within Rome itself, on only 110 acres, I can’t imagine a story about a child living there. How very fascinating. I would love to see a photo of the cover if you can send it.

The history on most of these vintage children’s books is lost and it is only through the efforts of independent researchers such as yourself that allow us to document the bibliographies. Thank you for the information that extends the printings of this series into the 1940s.

I first made contact with you and this website about 18 months ago. I’d like to share some information on the series that I’ve learned since then.

I’ve just acquired Our Little Vatican City Cousin (2nd Ed. 1945) so I can confirm the existence of this one. The booklist inside reports that a Ukrainian Cousin book was published; neither you nor I have listed it previously.

I have in the recent past also acquired the Cossack Cousin book and it lists under the Long Ago series a Pompeiian Cousin book “in preparation.” I can’t tell if it was ever produced as it is not listed in my 1945 Vatican volume.

Interestingly, two books which were listed in earlier Cousin volumes–Ethiopian and Mongolian Cousins–are no longer listed in 1945 so I can’t tell whether they were actually produced or merely never made it into subsequent editions still in print in 1945.

As far as I can tell, then, there are 85 separate titles (counting ones such as Brown/Malayan Cousin or the various Canadian ones–Maritime/Great Northwest/Quebec–individually.) This also includes the Long Ago series.

If I can be of any further assistance, please let me know.

-Ezra-

Like everything else, it depends upon condition. If it has the paper book jacket it is worth more than without. Former library copies are worth less than privately owned ones. There is currently a copy of Little Brown Cousin for sale on ebay for $10, which is probably about right for an average condition copy. If nothing else, you have a very interesting piece–how often in today’s politically correct world would you hear of someone referred to as Brown? By the way, later editions changed Brown to Malasian/Malayan.

If I may add to your list:

I can confirm the following, as I own them: Argentine, Malasian/Malayan (later reprints of “Brown” carry this heading), Roumanian,

I have also seen but do not own: West Indian.

I have seen these listed in the LC Page Co. series listing but have never actually seen: Burmese, Cossack, Ethiopian, Lapp, Lithuanian, Mongolian, Servian.

I can also confirm that the Long Ago series has: Corinthian (1937) as I own it. I have also seen Florentine listed but do not recall seeing it.

Hope this helps.