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Lydia Maria Child

The Golden Ball; and Other Stories, 1852
Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell
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Lydia Maria Child, The Golden Ball; and Other Stories, 1852
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Square 32mo. 64pp. Engraved title page, frontispiece, and many others of careful detail throughout all with captions that relate them to story in which they appear. Lydia Maria Child's contribution...
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Square 32mo. 64pp. Engraved title page, frontispiece, and many others of careful detail throughout all with captions that relate them to story in which they appear. Lydia Maria Child's contribution is the fourth tale, "The Emigrant Boy." From the publisher's series, "The Children's Gems." Original blue wrappers present, preserved in later binding of pebbled navy cloth over boards. Other than foxing at final few pages, a clean copy and altogether rare, with only two holdings in OCLC.
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Provenance

Gift inscription of former owner at front free endpaper, dated October 4, 1861.
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