Pansy's Sunday Book (Mrs. G. R. Alden) 1888 (EARLY DATE) D. Lothrop & Co Boston

Description: Up for sale is an early dated copy of a popular children's book of the late 19th century, written by a prolific author who incorporated religious and moral teaching into her entertaining stories. SPECIAL NOTE: There are SIGNIFICANT CONDITION ISSUES. Please see the full description of condition and photos. Sold as is. Title: Pansy's Sunday Book Author: Pansy (Mrs. G. R. Alden) Illustrator: Anonymous (no illustrator listed)Publishers: D. Lothrop Company (Boston) Copyright: 1888, by the publisher. Hardback book without a dust jacketAbout 10 inches tall by 7.75 inches wide.Pages are not numbered and there is no Table of Contents. NOTE: Photo #3 shows (a portion) of the inside of the front board and the facing first free page. Photo #11 shows the inside of the rear board and the facing last free page. You'll notice that these are fully printed, rather than blank as in most books. The printing on these pages is mostly concerned with notices for other publications by D. Lothrop Company. "Pansy" was the childhood nickname and the "nom de plume" of Mrs. G. R. Alden. She was born in 1841 as Isabella MacDonald to a very moral, abolitionist family in Rochester, New York. As a small child, she once picked the entire crop of her mother's prized pansies as a present for her. After this episode, she received the nickname "Pansy" from her father. She began writing as a child and had her first story printed when she was only 10 years old. Pansy attended the Seneca Collegiate Institute (in Ovid, New York) and the Young Ladies' Institute (in Auburn, New York). In 1866, she married the Reverend Gustavus Rossenberg Alden. Over a period of more than 60 years, she published more than 100 books. She also was the editor of a juvenile periodical, The Pansy, between 1874 and 1896. Both her husband and her only child (a son, Raymond) died in 1924. Subsequently, she lived with her daughter-in-law in Palo Alto, California. She died in 1930, while working on an autobiography, Memories of Yesterday, which was completed by her niece, Grace Livingston Hill, herself an accomplished writer. D. Lothrop and Company was founded in 1868 by Daniel Lothrop (1831 - 1892). He had been born and raised in New Hampshire. By age 17, he was in business, running a drug store that he also stocked with books. In 1850, he bought a dedicated book store in Dover, New Hampshire, that became the largest in the state. He started his publishing company with the philosophy "never to publish a work simply sensational, no matter what chances of money it has in it, and to publish books that will make true, steadfast growth in right living - not alone right thinking, but right living." SPECIAL NOTE: There are SIGNIFICANT CONDITION ISSUES. Please see the full description of condition and photos. Sold as is. Attention US Buyers: I will ship by USPS Media Mail or by USPS Priority Mail, your choice. Please note that if you have a Military Mail address (e.g. APO), I must ask that you choose USPS Priority Mail as it is my understanding that USPS Media Mail is not reliable to Military Mail addresses. Attention International Buyers: I am exclusively using e-Bay International Shipping. If you win this auction, I will ship it to an e-Bay facility in the United States. e-Bay will be responsible for sending it to your international address. Please familiarize yourself with e-Bay International Shipping before bidding. Thank you.

Price: 18 USD

Location: Metairie, Louisiana

End Time: 2024-12-30T01:30:01.000Z

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