Adele; or, the Shipwrecked Girl by Samuels, Mrs. S. B. C - 1870

Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1870. 189 pages. Inscription FEP. No other writing in the book. Several smudges in the book. Black and white frontis piece including protective cover. Wear to the covers. Shelf wear to the edges. Small tear bottom of spine. Wear spot edge of front cover near the bottom. Light wear to the covers. Spine is sun darkened. Spine is tight and there are no loose pages.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Lizbeth Bullock Humphrey. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Binding and hinges sound. Ffep missing from book. Pages clean, tanned. Cloth over boards generally shelf worn with bumped corners, rubbed gilt on spine. ; Fiction for young readers by American author Susan Blagge Caldwell Samuels (1848-1931). Springdale Stories; Ex-Library; 7.00" tall; 163 pages.

Boston: Lee and Shepard Pub, 1870. Pilgrim Series for Boys on Cover & picture of 2 boys standing next to fence -- EMAIL for Pictures. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Lee and Shepard Publishers. Very Good. 1871. Hardcover. Brown cloth with blind stamped decoration. 6" x 4". Frontispiece with tissue guard. Pp 163. Illustrated. The 5th book in the Springdale Stories series re-issued in 1886 as "The Golden Rule" stories. All extremities worn slightly cocked. Missing the (yellow) ffep. Some pencil markings inside front & back cover. Samuels taught prior to her marriage to E. A. Samuels a naturalist and writer. The Springdale Stories series was written shortly after her marriage and attracted a fair amount of attention. According to Richard Darling (The Rise of Children's Book Reviewing in America) reactions were mixed. The books offered "exciting reading that would appeal to children - and were potentially injurious for the same reason. " ; 8vo .

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston; Lee And Shepard, 1871. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original, elaborately blind-tooled green buckram. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 174 pages; Minor scattered marginal foxing. Subjects; Juvenile Literature - United States - Nineteenth Century. Genre; Literature - Moral Instruction. Series; The Springdale [Illustrated] stories.