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A beautiful 1895 first edition of Stories and Poems for Children by Celia Thaxter, published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company at The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Published the year after Thaxter’s death, this collection brings together her children’s stories and poetry and includes 13 poems appearing in book form for the first time. The volume was edited by noted American author Sarah Orne Jewett. Bound in the original olive-green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration, including the wonderful botanical scene across the front board, gilt lettering, and all edges gilt. The contents include wonderfully evocative pieces such as The Spray Sprite, Madame Arachne, The Great White Owl, The Nightingale, The Butcher-Bird, and many others. The exterior shows age-related rubbing and wear, particularly along the spine, but the gilt design remains beautiful and the interior pages present exceptionally well for a book more than 130 years old. Please see photos for exact condition.