"Tom's Little Maid" 19th Century Adventure Child Ship Wreck New York Rescue 1880

"Tom's Little Maid", author not shown.  No copyright date but the consensus is 1880.  "Illustrated".  Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York.  A tight, firm, well-bound book in deep green heavily embossed boards with a delightful paste-down, from which pastedown a 1/4" x 3/8" chip is missing.  The tale of a ship leaving New York across the Sandy Hook bar, then a shipwreck, then, attempts to rescue the passengers including a little girl, and her belief that her father, Tom, would be coming home - that he was not lost after all.  A remarkable Period Piece from the 1880s.  Tight, firm, very thick paper.  A well-made book.  Shelfwear is moderate - whitening across the bottom edge, lightening in the hinge gutters, no wearthrough.  A corner of the front board pastedown, 1/4" x 3/8", is missing.  Ffep is missing.  Endpages are darkened and foxed (endpages only).  Splendid illustrations throughout.  This tale even has an uplifting ending!!  A Victorian tale of the first rank. No dj.  Overall "Good".  We do try to describe them accurately.  We want you back as a customer.  Hundreds of repeat customers.  A remarkable item for the collector, antiquarian fiction reader, Parent building a fine intergenerational family library, scholar, or author seeking authenticity.  A splendid  addition to the library of the specialist dealer  No pencilings, No names, No other markings, No bookplates, NOT Ex-library; NOT Remainder-marked.   Shipped well packed in the U.S. by USPS Media Mail.  Shipping to Canada is $4.50; Worldwide shipping is $8.50.  Weight packaged is 8 oz (.2 Kilo).  We ship worldwide by Air!!  We combine S&H on multiple purchases.  Buy with confidence - over 8,000 satisfied eBay buyers can't be all wrong!!  Don't let this one get by you - it is a marvelous find, uncommon in that dust jacket!