1856 Scarce Victorian Book ~ VIOLET: A FAIRY Story signed by author Caroline S. Guild. 1stED.

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Author: Caroline Snowden (Whitmarsh) Guild.
Title: VIOLET: A FAIRY Story.
Publisher: Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 "X 5.5 ".
Pages : 140 pages + ads.
Binding:  Very good original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing and staining - as shown, SIGNED by the author on the first endpaper - as shown). 
Illustrations: Nicely illustrated with a frontispiece and full-page illustrations.

 The book: Scarce first edition of this charming book signed by the author. Violet: A Fairy Story is about how life would be like if humans lived alongside fairies.
Excerpt from Violet: A Fairy Story
"There was one window but when it stormed the rain beat in so that the old lady, his wife, had to pin her shawl against it, and then the whole house was dark as night."

The author: Caroline Snowden (Whitmarsh) Guild (1827-1898). Caroline Snowden Whitemarsh was born June 1st, 1827 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Her mother was Agnes L. Snowden and her father was Thomas Whitemarsh. She had no siblings. Caroline Snowden Whitemarsh married James Guild later in life and they had no children. Guild's works of literature were often suppressed and shielded from the public because of the stigma during that time about women authors. Only some of her works are available to this day. One of her fairy stories is titled Violet: A Fairy Story... it is about how life would be like if humans lived alongside fairies.