This series of letters, written by Pomona of "Rudder Grange" to her former mistress, Euphemia, may require a few words of introduction. Those who have not read the adventures and experiences of Pomona in "Rudder Grange" should be told that she first appeared in that story as a very young and illiterate girl, fond of sensational romances, and with some out-of-the-way ideas in regard to domestic economy and the conventions of society. This romantic orphan took service in the "Rudder Grange" family, and as the story progressed ...
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This series of letters, written by Pomona of "Rudder Grange" to her former mistress, Euphemia, may require a few words of introduction. Those who have not read the adventures and experiences of Pomona in "Rudder Grange" should be told that she first appeared in that story as a very young and illiterate girl, fond of sensational romances, and with some out-of-the-way ideas in regard to domestic economy and the conventions of society. This romantic orphan took service in the "Rudder Grange" family, and as the story progressed she grew up into a very estimable young woman, and finally married Jonas, the son of a well-to-do farmer. Even after she came into possession of a husband and a daughter Pomona did not lose her affection for her former employers.
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Seller's Description:
Likely first edition-copyright date 1894 with no later printings listed. Green cloth illustrated boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Top page edges gilted. Cover very good given age, light fading to spine, minor rubbing to cover. No significant flaws. Spine cracked but all pages intact. Minimal yellowing to page edges. Text clean and unmarked. Good copy of a late-19th century title, very well-preserved.
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A. B. Frost. Good. No Jacket. 5 x 7 1/2. 276 page hardover novel, w/illust. by Frost. Light green cloth cover with black Frost drawings and title in gold. Attractive 19C. decorative binding. Good+ overall. Prior owner bookplate on front endpaper. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.
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Good in No jacket. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. First edition, first printing, 1894. Handsome copy in light green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and dark green, top edge gilt, 275 pages, black and white illustrations by A. B. Frost. Minor finger soil to covers, gilt very bright, light rubbing to spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, plate at page 21 detached with chips, soil and creasing to the bottom margin (not affecting the illustration itself), names on front free endpaper and at head of title page, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
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Fine. First Edition, first printing, binding "A." Illustrated by A.B. Frost. Decorated green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Bottom corners bumped else near fine. Covers designed by Frost (unsigned but from an illustration in the book).
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NY 1894 first edition Scribners. Hardcover. Small octavo. 275pp., illustrated by A.B. Frost, pictorial boards. *Signed and dated by Stockton on the half title. Good, boards rubbed and soiled, end papers foxed.