{"product_id":"story-tell-lib-annie-trumbull-slosson-reprint","title":"Story-Tell Lib, Annie Trumbull Slosson — Reprint","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Small 8vo, pp. [viii], 79.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e: Good. The original green cloth binding remains sound and securely intact, presenting with light rubbing to the board edges and very mild softening at the spine ends. Internally, the hinges are solid. The most prominent defect is a conspicuous water stain affecting the lower margins and gutter of the preliminary leaves, including the frontispiece, tissue guard, title page, and contents page, though this tide mark does not encroach upon or obscure the printed text. The main text block is otherwise largely clean and legible, exhibiting only faint, scattered toning. The front free endpaper bears a neat contemporary ink inscription, with no further annotations, markings, or extraneous marginalia present throughout the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: This early twentieth-century printing, originally copyrighted in 1900, features Annie Trumbull Slosson's characteristic blend of moral storytelling and regional New England dialect. Bound in the publisher's dark-stamped green cloth, the volume includes a frontispiece protected by its original tissue guard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front free endpaper carries a charming contemporary provenance inscription dated 1905, reading: \"Jessie Oates \/ From a friend in \/ America.\" While this serves as an interesting artifact of transatlantic readership, early printings of Slosson’s works are frequently encountered on the open market. The title remains modestly collected by those interested in late Victorian and Edwardian regional American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStory-Tell Lib\u003c\/i\u003e, Annie Trumbull Slosson presents a moving collection of seven short tales set against the rural backdrop of New England. The narrative centers on a young, physically disabled girl known as \"Lib,\" who possesses a profound and captivating gift for storytelling. Through her local dialect and deeply spiritual parables, Lib imparts lessons of faith, nature, and human resilience, leaving a lasting impact on her community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54438650806611,"sku":"4822","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260723_225659.jpg?v=1785402425","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/story-tell-lib-annie-trumbull-slosson-reprint","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}