The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle

New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1915. Rare piece of publishing history. No date; circa 1915. Brown manila tooled boards, gilt cover titles, moderate shelf wear. Boards decorated with ornately decorated blind-stamped floral borders, design. Neat deckled pages near fine; no writing. Frontispiece plate w/tissue guard of Nathaniel Hawthorne. String-bind good; hinges intact. Several pages of other titles available from Barse & Hopkins at back few pages. The endearing children's tale begins: "One afternoon of a cold winter's day, when the sun shone forth with chilly brightness, after a long storm, two children asked leave of their mother to run out and play in the new-fallen snow. The elder child was a little girl, whom, because she was of a tender and modest disposition, and was thought to be very beautiful, her parents, and other people who were familiar with her, used to call Violet. But her brother was known by the style and title of Peony, on account of the ruddiness of his broad and round little phiz, which made everybody think of sunshine and great scarlet flowers. The father of these two children, a certain Mr. Lindsey, it is important to say, was an excellent but exceedingly matter-of-fact sort of man, a dealer in hardware, and was sturdily accustomed to take what is called the common-sense view of all matters that came under his consideration. With a heart about as tender as other people's, he had a head as hard and impenetrable, and therefore, perhaps, as empty, as one of the iron pots which it was a part of his business to sell." 4 1/4" x 7" design. Insured post.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.