The Widow's Cottage and Other Stories

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 12mo. hardcover in emerald green cloth ornately decorated in gilt with design of a small child chasing a duck and in turn being chased by a turkey. 128 pp. Frontipiece illustration and additional engravings in the text. Collection of short prose and poetry pieces for children. A tight, bright fine example, light pencil gift inscription on first blank, "Grandma's birthday gift to Harry/ 30, 1877" Narrow strip of adhesion front pastedown apparently from a now absent bookplate. Fine. Item #E14269B

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