Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Belle Maniates Illustrated Antique Book Cover Art

Published by Grosset & Dunlap Publishers of New York. Copyright 1915. With illustrations by J. Henry. Beige cloth boards with pictorial front cover. Black lettering on front cover and spine. Light wear to covers. Corners are bumped. Stains on front endpapers. Binding is tight. Pages are crisp and clean. 

Amarilly Jenkins may be a scrub-girl, but she has ambitions. Through hard work, determination, and a few hilarious high jinks, the cheerful young girl pulls herself and her entire family out of poverty. One-part Pollyanna and one-part Pygmalion, Amarilly will make you laugh. Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1915) was Belle K. Maniates’s most popular novel, inspiring a play and several silent film adaptations.