Author: MRS. CHILD [LYDIA MARIA CHILD]
Title: The little Girl's own book
Description: Boston, American Stationers Company. 1837. Hardcover, 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Book, 288 pages, many illustrations. A very early edition of this book. The publication date on the title page is 1837, the verso states "Entered according to the Acts of Congress in the year 1833". Frontcover and pages up to page 97 detached, missing pages 69-76, 79-8- and 159-160, wear on spine and covers. A battered but very hard to find early edition. P. 257-270 is the New Zealand short story 'Mary Howard", written by Miss Leslie based on the massacre of the Boyd in 1809 in New Zealand. This is considered the first New Zealand children's story. Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was probably the best-known woman writer in nineteenth century America. Lydia Maria Child (1802 - 1880) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. Fair.

Keywords:


See more books from our catalog: Childrens Books