[Rarebooks] F/S Sophie May Complete Little Prudy Series

[Garry R Austin]

 >From Austin's Antiquarian Books
PO Box 730
Wilmington Vt 05363
802 464-8438
mail at austinsbooks.com

We offer for your consideration net to and postpaid at $100 the following;

Sophie May's Little Prudy's  Flyaway Series
Six Volumes, Complete
All Matching Bindings
A Handsome Group

Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833-1906), also known as Sophie May, was an 
American author of children's fiction, reffered to as "The Dickens Of 
The Nursury". Using her nieces and nephews as inspiration, she wrote 
realistic stories about children. She wrote 45 books between 1860 and 
1903. The most popular being the Little Prudy books. She lived most of 
her life in her native town of Norridgewock, Maine, where she lived out 
her life with her sister, who was also a successful author.

Sophie May. (Rebecca Sophia Clarke). Prudy Keeping House. Boston: Lee & 
Shepard Publishers, (1870).
16mo; pp; 192; frontispiece, illustrated half-title and two additional 
plates; pictorial red cloth lettered in black with a little girl in gilt 
at bottom right, yellow coated endpapers; very good, light wear.

Sophie May. (Rebecca Sophia Clarke). Little Grandmother. Boston: Lee & 
Shepard Publishers, (1870).
16mo; pp; (vi), 202, (vi), ads; frontispiece, illustrated half-title and 
two additional plates; pictorial red cloth lettered in black with a 
little girl in gilt at bottom right, yellow coated endpapers; very good, 
light wear.

Sophie May. (Rebecca Sophia Clarke). Aunt Madge's Story. Boston: Lee & 
Shepard Publishers, (1871).
16mo; pp; 214, (xii), ads; two plates; pictorial red cloth lettered in 
black with a little girl in gilt at bottom right, yellow coated endpapers;

Sophie May. (Rebecca Sophia Clarke). Little Folks Astray. Boston: Lee & 
Shepard Publishers, (1872).
16mo; pp; (viii), 203, (ii), ads; frontispiece, illustrated half-title 
and two additional plates; pictorial red cloth lettered in black with a 
little girl in gilt at bottom right, yellow coated endpapers; very good, 
light wear.

Sophie May. (Rebecca Sophia Clarke). Little Grandfather. Boston: Lee & 
Shepard Publishers, (1873).
16mo; pp; 221, (ii), ads; two plates; pictorial red cloth lettered in 
black with a little girl in gilt at bottom right, yellow coated endpapers;

Sophie May. (Rebecca Sophia Clarke). Miss Thistledown. Boston: Lee & 
Shepard Publishers, (1873).
16mo; pp; 203, (ii), ads; frontispiece, illustrated half-title and two 
additional plates; pictorial red cloth lettered in black with a little 
girl in gilt at bottom right, yellow coated endpapers; very good, light 
wear.



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