McMahon, Ella, GOLDEN SANDS: A COLLECTION OF LITTLE COUNSELS FOR THE SANCTIFICATION AND HAPPINESS OF DAILY LIFE, New York: G.P. Putnam?s Sons, 1883. First ed. thus, reddish/brown decorative cloth hardcover w/gilt titling to spine and gilt vignette of man sowing seed on front board, illustrated, 8vo (8.1875x6?), Good+/n.a., 101pp. Wear to head and tail of spine and corners, light staining to boards, front hinge has been repaired as has been a 1? tear on the front free fly-leaf, moderate foxing in preliminaries only. Illustrated by C.E. Wentworth, translated from the French by Ella McMahon. Frontis is a plate of the sower from front board, having 8 other b/w plates also.