SMITH, GERTRUDE. THE ARABELLA AND ARAMINTA STORIES. Introduction by Mary E. Wilkins. 15 illustrations and pictorial endpapers by Ethel Reed.

Folio, 1/4 morocco, patterned cloth over boards, corners worn; hinges reinforced, several sheets (primarily the 5 double-page plates) skillfully reinforced along hinges or outer margins and with chips or tears repaired with tissue. Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895 FIRST EDITION. ONE OF ONLY FIFTEEN LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON ROYAL JAPAN PAPER SIGNED TWICE BY SMITH, REED, AND WILKINS, WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN 6 STATES, ON DIFFERENT COLORED PAPER. From the Grolier Club Library, with bookplate stamped "withdrawn," and a letter from Charles E. Goodspeed presenting this copy to the Grolier in 1926. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, page 146.