Maitland Ida Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. [ca. 1870]. Early edition. 6 ¼? x 4 ¼? Engraved pictorial title page of girl with cat and frontispiece 'The Gazell' after Leloir by Sartain. Original gilt and blind stamped brown cloth. No dust jacket. Good (light chips at spine ends; yellow endpapers). 254 pages. Some printings are listed as having six plates, this only has two. An anthology of prominent women authors of the day including Gilman, Caroline Howard and Mary Hemple. Gift inscriptions R. M. Hays from her grandfather December 25, 1870!

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. The Humming Bird, A Christmas and New-Year's Gift. Edited by Ida Maitland. New York: Leavitt and Allen, n.d., C. 1869. Complete plates including frontispiece & vignette title page. 254 p. Original navy blind stamped leather binding measures 6.5 x 4.25", 12mo. In fair condition. Boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine chipped; hinges creased; spine rubbed. Edges of text-block gilt. Gift inscription, in pencil, found on front end-page. Pink/purple crayon marginalia on front end-page. Front gutter split at head of frontispiece & vignette title page. Toning and age-staining through text-block, mostly around plates. Off-setting on tissue guards. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Reissue of The Forget-Me-Not for 1852, by Ida Maitland. New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co. with omission of pages 255-262 and a change of plates. Navy leather covers are blind stamped and decorated in gilt, with oval medallions on front and rear boards. COLI1869ADFB - 12/25 - HK3056.