Editha Series

Topic: Stories for girls

Publish Dates:

1901-1913

Formats:

6

Title:

Author:

Year:

Illustrator:

1

Editha's Burglar

Frances Hodgson Burnett

2

Pinocchio's Adventures

3

Burglar's Daughter

Margaret Penrose

4

J. Cole

Emma Gellibrand

5

Laddie

Anonymous

6

Miss Toosey

Anonymous

7

Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

8

Little Rosebud

Beetrice Harraden

9

Wonder Book Stories

Nathaniel Hawthorne

10

Golden Apple

Nathaniel Hawthorne

11

Little Lame Prince

Miss Mulock

12

Sleeping Beauty

Miss Mulock

13

Adventures of a Brownie

Miss Mulock

14

Pygmies

Nathaniel Hawthorne

15

Brownies

J.H. Ewing

16

Cuckoo Clock

Mary Louise Molesworth

17

Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

18

Jackanapes

J.H. Ewing

19

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

20

Rab and His Friends

Dr. John Brown

21

Through a Looking Glass

Lewis Carroll

22

Prince of the Pin Elves

Charles Lee Sleight

23

Snap-Dragons and Other Stories

J.H. Ewing

24

Madame Liberality

J.H. Ewing

25

Millicent in Dreamland

Edna S. Brainerd

26

Flower Fables

Louisa Mae Alcott

27

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

28

Lives of Two Cats

Pierre Loti

29

Wonder Box Tales

Jean Ingelow

30

Boss and Other Dogs

Maria L. Pool

31

Little Prudy

Sophie May

32

Little Prudy's Sister Susy

Sophie May

33

Little Prudy's Captain Horace

Sophie May

34

Little Prudy's Cousin Grace

Sophie May

35

Little Prudy's Story Book

Sophie May

36

Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple

Sophie May

37

Rare Old Chums

Will Allen Dromgoole

38

What Came to Winifred

Elizabeth Westyn Timlow

39

Rosy Cloud

George Sand

40

Jess

James L. Barrie

41

Grasshopper's Hop

Zitella Cooke

42

Story Without an End

Sarah Austin

43

Mr. Penwiper's Fairy Godmother

Amy Woods

44

Daddy Joe's Fiddle

Faith Bickford

45

Gloria

Faith Bickford

46

Countess of the Tenements

Etheldred B. Barry

4a

Tamed

W. O. Stoddard

5a

Peggy's Trial

Mary Knight Potter

6a

Little Professor

Ida Horton Cash

9a

Simple Susan

Maria Edgeworth

11a

Birthday Present and Other Stories

Maria Edgeworth

12a

Hop o' My Thumb and Other Stories

Maria Edgeworth

17a

Sleeping Beauty

Martha Baker Dunn

22a

King of the Golden River

John Ruskin

1b

Editha Series

Frances Hodgson Burnett

2b

Pinocchio's Adventures

3b

Burglar's Daughter

Margaret Penrose

4b

Tamed

W. O. Stoddard

5b

Peggy's Trial

Mary Knight Potter

6b

Little Professor

Ida Horton Cash

7b

Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

8b

Little Rosebud

Beatrice Harraden

9b

Simple Susan

Maria Edgeworth

10b

Birthday Present and Other Stories

Maria Edgeworth

11b

Adventures of a Brownie

Miss Mulock

12b

Brownies

J.H. Ewing

13b

No book at this number.

14b

Sleeping Beauty

Miss Mulock

15b

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

16b

Rab and His Friends

Dr. John Brown

17b

Through the Looking Glass

Lewis Carroll

18b

Madame Liberality

J.H. Ewing

19b

Millicent in Dreamland

Edna S. Brainerd

20b

Flower Fables

Louisa Mae Alcott

21b

Little Prudy

Sophie May

22b

Little Prudy's Sister Susy

Sophie May

23b

Little Prudy's Captain Horace

Sophie May

24b

Little Prudy's Cousin Grace

Sophie May

25b

Little Prudy's Story Book

Sophie May

26b

Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple

Sophie May

27b

Rare Old Chums

Will Allen Dromgoole

28b

Jess

J. M. Barrie

29b

Mr. Penwiper's Fairy Godmother

Amy Woods

30b

Daddy Joe's Fiddle

Faith Bickford

31b

Gloria

Faith Bickford

32b

Countess of the Tenements

Etheldred B. Barry

Any title in any of the six formats can be seen with any of the right sided pictures/appliques. Presently only a small number of possible right sided pictures/appliques for Formats #2-6 are shown.

Format 1 - Left Vellum with gold gilt box within which is the gold gilt title. Right cover has a large oval within which is one of four illustrated people. Surrounding the oval is a squiggly line drawn pattern. End papers are light green with pictures of girls wearing hats. Dust jacket has title and series name on plain brown paper. 7.50 x 5.25 (1901-1902)

Format 2 - The same #1 but the pictures are changed and there is no oval. 1903-05

Format 3 - The same as #1,2 but there the picture on the right is within a circular decoration. 1906

Format 4 - Front cover has illustrated applique-either large (5.75 x 3.50 or smaller 3 x 4). See pictures below. By 1908 the endpapers had a printed red bookplate. 1907-1909

Format 5 - Illustrated 3 x 6 applique. Editha Series noted in small heart at upper right of the cover. Red bookmark endpaper 1910

Format 6 - Series name above and title below a 4.5 x 5.5 applique. Red bookmark endpaper. Artistic illustrated dust wrapper. 1910-1913

Series Notes:
1. Books were added during certain years. In addition there were a few deletions and additions as the years went by.

2. In 1907 the first changes are noted. Books #4a,5a,6a,12a,17a and 22a are added to the series while #4,5,6,9,11,12,17,22 are deleted.
3. In 1908 #9a and 11a are added such that there is now an unbroken run from #1-30.
4. In 1913 this series was renumbered and now included only 32 volumes. These are listed in the table above as #1-32b

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