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8vo, pp. 31. Illustrated with plates by Marcus Waterman, highlighted by hand in color. Donor's presentation on blank, water staining along the bottom of the leaves, o/w VG. A story for children.

Rare piece of publishing history. No date; circa 1915. Brown manila tooled boards, gilt cover titles, moderate shelf wear. Boards decorated with ornately decorated blind-stamped floral borders, design. Neat deckled pages near fine; no writing. Frontispiece plate w/tissue guard of Nathaniel Hawthorne. String-bind good; hinges intact. Several pages of other titles available from Barse & Hopkins at back few pages. The endearing children's tale begins: "One afternoon of a cold winter's day, when the sun shone forth with chilly brightness, after a long storm, two children asked leave of their mother to run out and play in the new-fallen snow. The elder child was a little girl, whom, because she was of a tender and modest disposition, and was thought to be very beautiful, her parents, and other people who were familiar with her, used to call Violet. But her brother was known by the style and title of Peony, on account of the ruddiness of his broad and round little phiz, which made everybody think of sunshine and great scarlet flowers. The father of these two children, a certain Mr. Lindsey, it is important to say, was an excellent but exceedingly matter-of-fact sort of man, a dealer in hardware, and was sturdily accustomed to take what is called the common-sense view of all matters that came under his consideration. With a heart about as tender as other people's, he had a head as hard and impenetrable, and therefore, perhaps, as empty, as one of the iron pots which it was a part of his business to sell." 4 1/4" x 7" design. Insured post.

31pgs. previous owner inscription on the front endpaper. Small bookstore stamp on front pastedown. color frontispiece. Purple boards, embossed gilt lettering, decorations on front panel. Beveled boards. 3/4" of upper spine is chipped, one page lightly stained. There are five beautiful color engravings. Story of a snow sculpture that comes to life.

First separate edition, 1864. Pebbled green cloth hardcover with gilt title and gilt ruling on the front cover, illustrated with 5 colored plates, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, an old gift inscription in pencil on the front flyleaf, foxing or soiling to some pages of the text, some soiling or discoloration to the covers, rubbing and minor wear to the edges of the covers including a touch of fraying or loss at the tips. We've housed the book in protective mylar.

Limited edition. Copy no. 42 of 300 copies printed. Prefatory note by Herbert Ross Brown. Octavo. Quarter white cloth and paper-covered boards, gilt top. Bookplate of James West (husband of author Mary McCarthy), on front pastedown. A very good copy in very good moderately dust soiled publisher's paper-covered box with a printed paper cover label on top lid and ink stamp on bottom: "So this, my good Sabinus, is The One record of Our great Love, this little stone." An attractive copy with a nice association.

Beautiful green/gilt dec cloth; Near fine, ep inscription & crease, minor wear, bright & lovely.

Beautiful green/gilt dec cloth; Near fine, ep inscription & crease, minor wear, bright & lovely.