Girlhood and womanhood: or, sketches of my schoolmates

by Mrs. A. J. Graves

$100 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

Boston: T. H. Carter & Co., and Benjamin B. Mussey, 1844. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 9-216; original olive-green cloth; decorative blind-stamping on covers; faded gilt lettering on spine; spine extremities a bit chipped; front hinge cracked; corners scuffed; otherwise good and sound. A collection of vignettes intended to educate young women on virtuous behavior. Mrs. A. J. Graves was also the author of Woman in America Being an Examination Into the Moral

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