Little Prudy's Cousin Grace
New York: Cupples & Leon Co., 1928. Hardcover. 216, [2] p., frontispiece; 16 cm. Light green cloth with black spine and cover titles; red and black cover illustration. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's advertisement for the "Little Prudy Series" on back section of dust jacket. Advertisements for that series and the Brother and Sister Series by Josephine Lawrence on 2 unpaginated pages following text. No year of publication; Worldcat states 1928, which is supported by the gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1931. The author, Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833-1906) was an American writer who spent most of her life in Maine. Her Little Prudy series was first published in the 1860s. This volume appeared in 1865, the year the Civil War ended. Grace complains at the beginning that when she becomes a woman she won'd be able to vote for "union and liberty" and against slavery. Book is in Very Good Condition: cocked; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: lightly soiled and rubbed; loss at lower edge of front section; minor loss at ends of spine. Very Good / good +. Item #008601
Price: $18.00