An American Girl Abroad, The Girlhood Series

Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1872. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Boson: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, and New York: Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, 1872.
Later printing. 16mo (6 7/8" x 5 ¼"); 245, [1]pp + [8]pp publisher's ads; tan cloth over board, stamped portrait of a young girl and trunks on the front in red, lettering and decoration in red on spine; ownership on ffep; fp with tissue guard + 5 additional plates; plate numbered "157" inserted after page 158; light scattered foxing, some damp staining to bottom margins without odors; very good plus. One of The Girlhood Series of books listed on the flyleaf verso. Six volumes in total, this is the first book in the Series and the only one written by Adeline Trafton. The story of a young girl and her chaperone who visit England, France, Belgium, Holland, the Rhine and Prussia, then Switzerland.