Flaxie Growing Up by May, Sophie

Lee and Shepard, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Lee and Shepard, 1884-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1884 1st ed highly decorated front fair to good

Boston:: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd,, (c 1884.). Hardcover -. Good overall in tan illustrated boards (some shelfwear to the boards, corners slightly bumped, contents clean and binding sturdy.).. Early printing. The last title in the Flaxie Frizzle series, the fourth series of books about "real" children published under this pseudonym by this very popular Maine author. In reviewing the Little Prudy series, Thomas Wentworth Higginson said "Genius comes in with 'Little Prudy'. Compared with her, all other book-children are cold creations of literature only; she alone is the real thing. All the quaintness of childhood, its originality, its tenderness, and its teasing,--its infinite, unconscious drollery, the serious earnestness of its fun, the fun of its seriousness, the natural religion of its plays, and the delicious oddity of its prayers,--all these waited for dear little Prudy to embody them." I remember loving these books (reading copies that had been in the family for… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1884. Hardcover. Good. 202 pages. Teal cloth with titles and decoration in black and gilt, light age-soiling, shelf-wear, rubbing to edges. Spine cocked forward slightly. Binding intact. Gift inscription at FFEP. Text unmarked.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1885. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A Very Good copy. 16mo., 202 pp., illustrated with b&w drawings. Publisher's brown cloth, decorated in gilt and black. Minor edge wear to the boards. Front hinge starting. Previous owner's name on the front end paper. A Very Good copy. *** Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833-1906), was a Maine author of children's fiction. Her Flaxie Frizzle series, 1876-1884: Flaxie Frizzle (1876), Doctor Papa (1877), Little Pitchers (1878), Twin Cousins (1880), Flaxie's Kittyleen (1883), Flaxie Growing Up (1884). Flaxie Growing Up is the last of this series. Her next series, Little Prudy's , will be her most popular.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Used:Good.

Boston : Lee and Shepard, publishers ; New York : Charles T. Dillingham, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; 202 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 16 cm. Subjects ; Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.