Famous Stories and Poems by Mary E. Wilkins, Sarah Pratt McLean Green, Mary Felicia Butts, Emma Sherwood Chester, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Susan Coolidge, and Frances A. Humphrey
Boston: D. Lothrop Co., 1893. Hardcover. approx. [200] p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Red cloth spine with chromolithographed illustrated paper over boards. Cover title: Famous Stories. "Copyright 1893 the Gast Lith. Co. N.Y." -- at lower edge of front board. In addition to fiction and poetry, contains history and biography, including the early life of American sculptor Theo Alice Ruggle Kitson (1871-1932), and the life of English author Felicia Hemans (1793-1835) illustrated with facsimiles of her writing. Illustrators include Charlotte Weeks, Hiram Barnes, Childe Hassam, and W.P. Bodfish, among others. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed, in particular lower corner of front board; cloth spine is unevenly faded; cover is lightly soiled; hinges are weak; upper corner of 1 leaf heavily creased; pages are clean and tight. Very Good -. Item #004191
Price: $65.00