The Power of Kindness and Other Stories by L. Maria Child. With four illustrations.
Philadelphia, Willis P. Hazard, 1857. Bound in the original publisher's cloth, with a man on stilts stamped in gilt on the spine. Covers blindstamped. 5 3/4" tall.
Very good condition. Contemporary gift inscription. Pages foxed. Front hinge cracked.
The first story is set during the Irish Rebellion and features Quakers, Orangemen, black Protestants, and Pikemen.
(B2B)