SUNSHINE IN THE SHADY PLACE.

- Octavo, three-quarter brown calf & boards titled in gilt with gilt rules and decorations on the spine. The covers are rubbed, scuffed and soiled. 262 pages, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece. The table of contents has been misbound preceding the title page. The hinges are cracked and the brittle endpapers are darkened along the edges and chipped. Stab marks along the inner edge of the pages are present throughout. Very good internally. First American edition of this juvenile fiction which was first published in London in 1876.WorldCat locates only 5 copies.19th Century juvenile fiction which does not shy away from the subjects of death and happiness, motherless families, the relationship between parent and child, and country life.