Five Minute Stories by Richards, Laura E

Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1895. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A. R. Wheelan, E. B. Barry and others.. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, decorated board show quite a bit of spotting and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. Spine is frayed at both ends. The internal binding shows a partial crack at the front board though the rear board is good. Binding is noisy and there are several areas where the webbing is showing, though the pages are still secure. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings. The only handwriting found was in the upper corner of the front end page where you could see an old price was once penciled and then later erased.

Boston.: Estes and Lauriat / Colonial Press., 1895. Published by Century Co. 1891-1895 in periodicals.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by prior owner. Fraying to spine ends. Surface soiling. Light soil spots to a few pages.. Wheelan, A R (Illustrated by), and Barry, E B (Illustrated by).. 1 218 p. White sealed cloth over boards; green and black stamped titles, cover art. Numerous Pen&Ink illustrations. RARE in original. New England village life; one collection in 19th century author Laura Richards's "Captain January" Series. There are about 103 stories and short poems in this volume, written for children.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1895. 218pp+ [vintage ink ownership on front free endpaper; front joint just starting]. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A.R. Wheelan, E.B. Barry. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Dana Estes & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Hardcover. Tightly bound beige cloth hardback with illustrated front cover. Contains charming black and white illustrations by A. R. Wheelan, E. B. Barry and others as well as short stories and poems for children. While x-library there is only a bookplate to front paste-down indicating such with no other marks. Light overall age-tanning as well as light finger smudges throughout. Front gutter beginning to tear but binding remains strong. Covers are soiled and worn at spine with boards beginning to peek through at corners. ; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 218 pages .

THE PAGE COMPANY, 1927. hardcover. Good. . Dust jacket is worn with tears. Edges shows light shelf wear. Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic. Pages are clean and intact.

Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1895. Very Good/no dust jacket . Decorated American trade binding, published 1895. Beige cloth boards with green, beige and black decoration on cover (lovely sitting woman and standing young girl), black lettering on spine. Light overall soiling from handling; no fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (previous owner name and date in light pencil on front free endpaper, dated Oct. 30, 1896). Illustrated by A. R. Wheelan, E. B. Barry and others. Printed on smooth, high quality paper. 218 pages..

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1895. 218 pp. Original cloth covers. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Wear to spine ends and spine. Very soiled. Foxing to front cover. Illst. w/ b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A. R. Wheelan, E. B. Barry. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat . G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1895). ........ Hardcover. Sm 8vo., 219 pp., cover rubbed, soiled, bumped, frayed, pages lightly toned .

, 218 pages, illustrated with black & white drawings throughout, publisher's catalogue at rear [6]