Clover Beach for Boys and Girls by Margaret Vandergrift de Margaret Vandergrift

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1882. Cover is well worn, bumped, and detached from spine. Pages are browning and loose.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1881. Inked numbers/letters in upper outer corner on fep and page 314, age toned end papers, else textblock is very clean and tight; Faded gray top edge; Frayed cloth spine, gilt embellished, bumped at the head and foot; Color illustrated boards, worn edges, bumped corners, shelf scuffed; 315p.. Quarter Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Engravings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Boston: Ticknor and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, light foxing and finger soiling . throughout, light play to the hinges, half of rear free endpaper torn away.. 1889. Hardcover. Green cloth with designs stamped in black and gilt on front boards and spine. 169 pp + xiv pp illustrated publisher’s catalogue at rear. Many engravings by various artists. Floral patterned endpapers. Gift inscription by the author on the front flyleaf using her legal name, rather than her pseudonym, and dated “Christmas, 1888”. A compilation of the author’s poems for children, many of which were culled from the pages of such Victorian children’s magazines as St. Nicholas, Harper’s Young People, The Youth’s Companion, and Wide Awake. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia, PA.: Ketterlinus Printing House. Very Good. 1884. Hardcover. This book is hard-bound in color, pictorial printed paper covered boards, with a blue cloth spine. The covers show scuffing and soiling, edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The text-block is cracked, showing separation at a some places. The contents are bright and legible, with nice color illustrations, but also with scattered soiling and foxing. .