Eliza Tabor Stevenson — Nine Years Old

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1872. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this charming children's novel from American author Eliza Tabor Stephenson. Early UK edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and three plates. Lacking three plates. A charming story told by "cousin Alice" to her younger cousins as they sit around the fire. She remembers the adventures of her own childhood, with moral and religious themes. Written by Eliza Tabor Stephenson, an American novelist for adults and children. Illustrated by Lorenz Frolich, a Danish painter, illustrator, graphic artist and etcher. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. Bound by Burn & Co. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge failed with rear hinge held by cords only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound by Burn & Co. Good Only . Ill.: L. Frolich. Good Only .