Girls Books in Series

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A Provence rose [binding]
Mottled yellowish-gray and grayish-blue calico-texture cloth; decorative floral design in center, title lettering through floral design, lettering at foot, all in pink, gilt, and green; floral design, lettering and rule on spine in green. H: 18.5 cm.; W: 12.9 cm.; D: 1.3 cm.
A Puritan knight errant [binding]
Light orange yellow calico-texture cloth; man in puritan costume holding lettered scroll with rule, shield and lance; castle tower and wall knights with lances in background, lettered at foot, all within single rule border, all in burgundy, yellow, green, and black; signed "MH", unidentified; silhouette of woman in oval with bow at top, lettered and ruled, all in black. H: 19.9 cm.; W: 13.9 cm.; D: 3.5 cm.
A Sherburne quest [binding]
Dark olive (C108) fine vertical rib cloth; series binding with three stamped art nouveau flowers and lettering in dark green; signed with Thomas Watson Ball's monogram; motif repeated on spine in dark green. H: 18.8 cm.; W: 12.7 cm.; D: 3.2 cm.
A Texas Blue Bonnet [binding]
Light blue calico-texture cloth; series binding with two panels with green rule borders, center panel has girl's silhouette within oval border, framed by bluebonnets in dark blue and green, top panel and scroll at foot lettered in red; spine lettered and ruled in red with girl's silhouette in dark blue. In cream dust jacket with color illustration of girl framed by bluebonnets in dark blue and green, lettered in dark blue; spine lettered and ruled in dark blue with woman's portrait in dark blue and green; advertisements on back cover and flaps in dark blue. H: 20 cm.; W: 13 cm.; D: 3.9 cm.
A Yankee girl at Shiloh [binding]
Dark yellowish-brown embossed linen grain cloth; color illustrated paper onlay with man and girl in woods within circular, decorative border, lettered at foot, all within decorative border. H: 19.3 cm.; W: 13.4 cm.; D: 2.8 cm.
A bad penny [binding]
Light grayish-olive (C109) calico-texture cloth; central panel with ship on water with lighthouse, land and clouds in background in light blue, dark blue, and white, lettered in gilt and dark blue, within dark blue rope border, lettered in dark blue; signed "AB" i.e. Alfred Brennan; rope on spine in dark blue, lettered in dark blue and gilt. H: 19.1 cm.; W: 14.8 cm.; D: cm.
A bevy of girls [binding]
Bluish-gray (C191) cloth; 9 girls in pink, light yellowish-green, light and dark blue in upper panel, within decorative dark blue full cover border, pink, light yellowish-green, and dark blue flowers below, dark blue lettering; pink and dark blue flower on spine with dark blue lettering." H: 18.7 cm.; W: 11.9 cm.; D: 3.7 cm.
A cathedral courtship [binding]
Mottled deep red (C13) and very deep red (C14) calico-texture cloth; series binding with ornamental ribbon border around lettering, 6 leaves, all within double rule border, all in gilt; motif continued on spine in gilt; t.e.g, untrimmed. H: 19.4 cm.; W: 13.3 cm.; D: 2 cm.
A child's dream of a star and the child's story [binding]
Moderate yellowish-green (C136) calico-texture cloth; girl sleeping in bed with star in window in background in white, black, red, and blue within double rule circular black border, 14 stars in black and red around circular border, lettering with double rule black borders at head and foot, lettered in red and black; star and lettering on spine in red.
A daughter of freedom
Dark greenish-yellow (C103) linen-texture cloth; white rose in center in cream, yellow, and dark green, lettered at head in gilt and at foot in dark green; spine lettered and ruled in gilt. H: 19.8 cm.; W: 14.2 cm.; D: 3.3 cm.
A daughter of the land [binding]
Dark olive-brown (C96) calico-texture cloth; title in dark brown outlined moderate yellowish brown, author in moderate yellowish-brown, flanked by dark and moderate yellowish-brown cornstalks; motif repeated on spine; endpapers illustrated with rural scene in green and signed "DD" i.e. Decorative Designers. H: 19.8 cm.; W: 12.8 cm.; D: 4.1 cm.
A daughter of the land [binding]
Dark olive-brown (C96) calico-texture cloth; title in dark brown outlined medium yellowish brown, author in medium yellowish-brown, flanked by dark and medium yellowish-brown cornstalks; motif repeated on spine; endpapers illustrated with rural scene in green and signed "DD", i.e. Decorative Designers. H: 19.7 cm.; W: 13.8 cm.; D: 3.5 cm.
A dog of Flanders
Mottled pale green calico-texture cloth; dog with collar on in center, lettered at head and foot, all within double ruled border, all in black and brown; lettering, decoration, and rule on spine in black. H: 18.3 cm.; W: 13 cm.; D: 1.4 cm.
A frontier knight : a story of early Texan border-life [binding]
Light grayish-reddish-brown very fine diagonal rib cloth; wagon pulled by oxen with trees and mountain in background, within border of four pine cones and pine needles in brown, black and light blue, lettering stamped below in brown; all within border of pine cones and dots in brown and black; lettering and rule on spine in gilt. H: 20 cm.; W: 14.7 cm.; D: 3.4 cm.
A gentle pioneer
Pale green (C149) fine vertical rib cloth; three trees along left in green, lettered at head in gilt; two trees on spine in dark green, lettered and ruled in gilt. H: 20.1 cm.; W: 15.3 cm.; D: 3.4 cm.
A girl in ten thousand [binding]
Light yellowish-green (135) cloth patterned paper over boards; girl swinging tennis racket with trees in background, in black and red, black lettering; black lettering and rule on spine, central panel with racket, balls and trees in black and red. In paper jacket with color illustration across covers and spine of woman reading on sofa with numerous cushions, and birdcage; advertisements on both flaps. H: 19 cm.; W: 12 cm.; D: 2.4 cm.
A girl of '76 [binding]
Light brown (C57) vertical rib cloth; two panel outlined in green, bottom panel has floral vine heart design in reserved light brown and red, background stamped in green, upper panel lettered in gilt, all within green rule outer border; motif continued on spine in red and green, rules in green and gilt, lettered in gilt. H: 19.5 cm.; W: 13.9 cm.; D: 3.2 cm.
A girl of the Limberlost [binding]
Light olive (C106) diaper grain cloth; two black outlined panels separated by zigzag, lower panel with large irises in black, black outlined red lettering in upper and lower; motif repeated on spine. H: 19.6 cm.; W: 12.9 cm.; D: 3.7 cm.
A heroine of 1812 : a Maryland romance [binding]
Light greenish-blue (C172) vertical rib cloth; rose design around lettering in green and pink, lettered in gilt; motif repeated on spine in green and pink, lettered and ruled in gilt.
A house party with the Tucker twins [binding]
Moderate greenish-yellow calico-texture cloth; series binding with three women in garden with sundial, flowers, bushes, house and trees in red, black, and green, within circular black rule border, lettered in black; vignette of woman on spine with green background in black, lettered in black. H: 19 cm.; W: 13 cm.; D: 3 cm.

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