1890 Rare First Edition ~ An Adirondack Cabin: A Family Story by Margaret Sidney.
(Description)
Author: Margaret Sidney (Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop).
Title: An Adirondack Cabin: A Family Story. Telling of Journeying by Lake and Mountain, and Idyllic Days in the Heart of the Wilderness. With Illustrations.
Publisher: Boston, D Lothrop Publishing Company, no date (1890). First Edition.
Language: Text in English
Size: 8.5" X 7".
Pages: 432 pages
Binding: Attractive and very good original full-cloth illustrated binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in such a nice condition.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, bookplate of a previous owner on the first endpaper and her name (Augustine Cunningham) and date (1891) on the second blank page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful frontispiece photograph and in-text illustrations and many pictures from photographs taken by S. R. Stoddard.
Estimate: (USD 250 - USD 300).
The book: Scarce and Attractive first edition of An Adirondack Cabin by Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop. A rare find in any condition!
The author: Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American writer Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844 – August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life.