Bio:George Wilde
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The database shows George Wilde an illustrator now credited with three titles dated 1958 to 1960. All evidently U.S. books, probably for young children.
- George A. Wilde
George A. Wilde is one strong candidate. As of 2016-03-16 the Library of Congress has 15 catalog records of books by that George Wilde: 6 dated 1951 to 1959 that credit illustrators George and Irma or Irma and George Wilde; 9 dated 1961 to 1970 that credit illustrator George Wilde. Titles suggest that all are for elementary school children, or picture books for with a partly younger audience.
Only the earliest credits George Wilde as a writer: The Puppy Who Found a Boy (Wonder Books, (c)1951), unpaged; "story and pictures by George and Irma Wilde".
- George A. Wilde LCCN n50-19238
- The Puppy Who Found a Boy LCCN 52-27544
The database titles credited to illustrator George Wilde are longer than those LC catalogue records/books for George A. Wilde. Two are much longer: T[1] First Boy on the Moon (Winston, 1959), "a junior science fiction novel", and T[2] All About Satellites and Space Ships (Random House, 1958, revised 1962); LCCN: 58-9014 and 62-7167.
More than 30 LC records credit Irma Wilde, commonly as both writer and illustrator, perhaps always for young children, probably first published 1950 to 1968.
- Irma Wilde LCCN n50-19239