From Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 19 August 1998
About this Item
First Edition. A Lowell family copy, with pleasing New England provenance. With eight charming plates from drawings by the author. 8vo, in the publisher's original textured brown cloth, the covers with ornate pictorial decoration in blind, the spine lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt. 142 pp. As nice a copy as one is likely to ever see of this uncommon book for girls. The cloth is fresh and unfaded with bright gilt to the spine, some minor rubbing at the tips, the text-block very clean with just an occasional spot, the hinges firm and unbroken.f FIRST EDITION, ELUSIVE IN SUCH NICE CONDITION. MAUD is the story of a somewhat clumsy young girl growing up on Boston's Beacon Hill who has a knack for getting other children into trouble. At one point Maud has to come down from Beacon Hill with her mother and discovers that the poor are people too. Later, after an accident in which she breaks her arm, Maud is subjected to a bizarre night of delirium where in fevered dreams, dolls and fairies sing and dance in brightly coloured dresses. In spite of Maud's heedless ways she learns a valuable lesson in the end, and Cousin Fanny promises us more stories of the Beacon Hill children providing we are all good, obedient, studious, and patient. Seller Inventory # 32549
Bibliographic Details
Title: MAUD: A Story For Girls
Publisher: Boston Phillips, Sampson & Company 1859
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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