Stockton, Frank R: John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein

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Stockton, Frank R : John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1902

Original publisher's green cloth binding. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 365 pages, complete. Eight black and white plates, complete. Multicolored ocean-themed illustration on front cover with seahorse, fish, and ships. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Tales told by the character of John Gayther, a man who tends to a garden of an aristocratic household. Tales include the following: "What I Found in the Sea," "The Bushwhacker Nurse," "The Lady in the Box," "The Cot and the Rill," "The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell," "My Balloon Hunt," "The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter," "The Conscious Amanda," "My Translatophone," "The Vice-consort," and "Blackgum ag'in' Thunder." Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) was an American writer and humorist best-known for his creative children's stories.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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