Little Mother Winnie and other Stories

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Published by D. Lothrop and Company, Publishers, Franklin and Hawley Streets, no date, [ to 1887, probably early in this period as Wide Awake is a "New Monthly Magazine" and Babyland is not mentioned]; blue pebbled cloth spine and pictorial boards, on the top a picture of a little girl sitting on the carpet in her parlor and reading to her toy elephant, framed in an elaborate border with the title, on the back an ad for Wide Awake Magazine; within, an illustrated notice for Picture-Land stories published by Lothrop, and a collection of short stories and poems in large print, each illustrated with a large picture; 6x7.75"; ca 33 pp., Boston, 1875

About this Item

CONDITION: Very Good; professionally resewn with new endpapers with original spine, boards and block probably a disbound book in otherwise Very Good or better condition; spine, edges, and margins of top board are rubbed, corners rubbed through to card, on a blank flyleaf is "Uncle Erin Featherstone" and a spot which looks as if a 19th c sticker had been removed; the cover illustration is in nice condition, as is the back (a few light spots); pages are clean and unwrinkled. Juvenile hardback. Very pleasant, happy little stories about helpful small people, but without pointed morals, as Daniel Lothrop was particularly interested in improving the fare available to young children. Some of the illustrations seem to have been created for this volume, some taken from the files, but stories and pictures work well together. Perhaps the practice was to pull illustrations from the publisher's collection and write little stories to go with them. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. . Seller Inventory # 19784

Bibliographic Details

Title: Little Mother Winnie and other Stories

Publisher: D. Lothrop and Company, Publishers, Franklin and Hawley Streets, no date, [ to 1887, probably early in this period as Wide Awake is a "New Monthly Magazine" and Babyland is not mentioned]; blue pebbled cloth spine and pictorial boards, on the top a picture of a little girl sitting on the carpet in her parlor and reading to her toy elephant, framed in an elaborate border with the title, on the back an ad for Wide Awake Magazine; within, an illustrated notice for Picture-Land stories published by Lothrop, and a collection of short stories and poems in large print, each illustrated with a large picture; 6x7.75"; ca 33 pp., Boston

Publication Date: 1875

Binding: Hardcover

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