2nd most published female author of her time, Mary J. Holmes wrote about life in rural and small town America in the mid to late 1800s. Aikenside is about a young orphan teen who is raised by her grandparents, and in becoming a young lady, finds herself persued by 2 well to do men. The bookcover is in very nice condition with very minor wear on edges and slight bumping on corners, spine is sun faded and somewhat soiled rest of cover has minor soiling, binding is excellent, pages are lightly yellowed, but in excellent condition. Grosset and Dunlap publishers.