Grace Livingston Hill (Lutz)

Dust Jackets & Stories

Grace Livingston Hill Portrait

Beloved Authoress
of Christian Inspirational Fiction

Grace Livingston Hill as she appeared on the rear panel of the very early Grosset & Dunlap reprint dust jackets published during the 1910s through about 1923.

Directly Below you will find pictures of Restored Facsimiles for her books, and in the left column, links to pictures of Unrestored Dust Jackets. Both lists are arranged alphabetically by title.

Click DJ Images to enlarge and to read a story synopsis.

Links to Pictures of Original GLH Dust Jackets*			Facsimile Dust Jackets*
					A Voice in the Wilderness by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap, 1916 Dust Jacket Art by Norman Rockwell $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
TITLE	ARTIST
A Girl to Come Home To	Walter Stewart
A New Name	Unknown
A Voice in the Wilderness	Norman Rockwell
A Voice in the Wilderness	Skrenda
All Through the Night	Walter Stewart
					The Big Blue Soldier by Grace Livingston Hill Lippincott, 1923 First Edition Scan Donated from the Collection of Nancy Schuling $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Amorelle	Walter Stewart
April Gold	Walter Stewart
Astra	Walter Stewart
Beauty For Ashes	Walter Stewart
Beloved Stranger	Unknown
Best Man, The	Skrenda
Blue Ruin	Unknown
					The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap, 1922 Dust Jacket by Skrenda $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Brentwood	Walter Stewart
Bright Arrows	Unknown
By Way of the Silverthorns	Walter Stewart
Challengers, The	Unknown
Chance of a Lifetime	Unknown
					Cloudy Jewel by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap 1920 Earliest Reprint H. Weston Taylor DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Christmas Bride, The	Unknown
City of Fire, The Earliest Reprint	Gayle Hoskins
Cloudy Jewel, 2	Skrenda
Cloudy Jewel, 3	Unknown
Cloudy Jewel, 1	H. W. Taylor
Crimson Mountain	Unknown
					Coming Through the Rye by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap, 1920 $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Crimson Roses	Unknown
Daphne Deane	Unknown
Duskin	Unknown
Enchanted Barn, 2 Late 1920s-30s	Skrenda
Enchanted Barn, 3 1940s I believe	N/A
Enchanted Barn, 4 Anniversary Edition	N/A
					Dawn of the Morning by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap, 1911 Anna Whelan Betts DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Exit Betty	Skrenda
Finding of Jasper Holt, 1	Edwin F. Bayha
Finding of Jasper Holt, 2	Skrenda
Finding of Jasper Holt, 3	Unknown
Found Treasure, 1st	Grace Norcross
					Dawn of the Morning by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap, 1911, 1939 Dust Jacket by Skrenda
Found Treasure Later Reprint
Girl From Montana Early Reprint	Unknown
Girl From Montana	Skrenda
Girl of the Woods	Unknown
Gold Shoe, The	Unknown
					The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap, 1918 Edmund Frederick DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Happiness Hill	Unknown
Head of the House	Unknown
Homing	Walter Stewart
Honor Girl, The	Unknown
In Tune With Wedding Bells	Walter Stewart
Job's Niece Earliest Reprint	Bessie Heller
					Finding of Jasper Holt by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap 1916 Earliest Reprint Edwin F. Bayha DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Job’s Niece	Skrenda
Kerry	Sergey
Ladybird	Soare
Lo, Michael, 1	Skrenda
Lo, Michael, 2	Unknown
Man of the Desert	Victor Perard
Man of the Desert	Unknown
					Girl From Montana by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap, 1922 Very Early Reprint $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Marcia Schuyler	Unknown
Marigold	Unknown
Maris	Walter Stewart
Mary Arden
Matched Pearls	Harold Snyder
Miranda (wraparound DJ)	E. L. Henry
				Miranda by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap 1915 Slightly Later Reprint Skrenda DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Miss Lavinia’s Call	Walter Stewart
More Than Conqueror	Unknown
Mystery Flowers	Walter Stewart
Mystery of Mary, 1	Anna Speakman
Mystery of Mary, 2	Skrenda
Not Under the Law	Adelaide Bolton
Not Under the Law	Skrenda
				Mystery of Mary by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap 1912 Earliest Reprint Anna W. Speakman DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Obsession of Victoria Gracen Early Dust Jacket	Unknown
Obsession of Victoria Gracen Later Reprint	Unknown
Out of the Storm	Unknown
Partners	Walter Stewart
				Phoebe Deane by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap 1909 Slightly Later Reprint Skrenda DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Patch of Blue	Walter Stewart
Prodigal Girl, 1	Soare
Prodigal Girl, 2 (40s reprint)	Unknown
Rainbow Cottage	Unknown
Ransom, The	Skrenda
Re-Creations	Skrenda
				The Red Signal by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap, 1919 Earliest Reprint Scan Donated from the Collection of Nancy Schuling $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Red Signal, The (First Reprint)	Unknown
Red Signal, 2	Skrenda
Rose Galbraith	Unknown
Search, The #1	Skrenda
Search, The, #2	Skrenda
Seventh Hour, The	Walter Stewart
Sound of the Trumpet	E.?
				The Search by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap 1919 Earliest Reprint Edmund Frederick DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Story of a Whim, The	Unknown
Strange Proposal	Walter Stewart
Stranger Within the Gates	Unknown
Street of the City	Unknown
Substitute Guest, The	Unknown
				The Search by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap 1919 Later Reprint Skrenda DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Sunrise	Walter Stewart
Tomorrow About This Time Earliest Reprint DJ	Unknown
Tomorrow About This Time 2^nd Reprint	Skrenda
Tomorrow About This Time, Later Reprint	Unknown
				Tomorrow About This Time by Grace Livingston Hill Grosset & Dunlap 1923 Earliest Reprint DJ $12.00 Dust Jacket Only Bookmark Included as Gift
Tryst, The, 1	Unknown
Tryst, The, 2	Skrenda
Where Two Ways Met	Walter Stewart
White Flower, The	Unknown
White Lady, The, 1	Unknown
White Lady, The, 2
		Please Note: “ladybluestocking.com” shown on the thumbnail dust jacket pictures does not appear on the outside of the actual dust jacket.
White Orchids	Walter Stewart
		Dust Jacket Bookmarks like those pictured above may be purchased separately by contacting me or visiting my eBay store, Milady's Book Bower . At present about 50 titles are available. I'm also happy to make you a bookmark for other favorite titles, if you don't see it among the photos. Any 4 bookmarks for $7.50. Click here to see or purchase bookmarks.
Witness, The Earliest Reprint	Unknown
Witness, The	Unknown
If you see a dust jacket among those listed above, and you would like a carefully restored facsimile of the dust jacket, please contact me. *ladybluestocking@ladybluestocking.com*
		* Most DJs pictured in the left-hand column were printed prior to 1947. Most are from my own collection. A few images have been donated by other collectors, in which case, I've gratefully acknowledged the collector's name above the picture. If you are the lucky owner of a Grace Livingston Hill book with a dust jacket which was printed during her lifetime, and you don't see it pictured here, I hope you will consider contacting me and donating a scan or picture to place on this page for myself and others to enjoy.

Personal Reflections on Grace

Grace Livingston Hill was born on April 16, 1865 in Wellesville, New York—born into a minister's family, the day following President Lincoln's death. She died in 1947, after having written over a hundred books. She is best known as a writer of romantic Christian fiction, though she tried to adapt her writing style to appeal to a secular readership as well.

A dear friend, who recently began reading Grace's books, described feeling that reading her was like reading the words of a friend. I think many readers feel just that way.

I can remember going back to my local library again and again in my youth—to check out books by Grace Livingston Hill. I think I read pretty much everything the library had at that time and naively thought it comprised the bulk of her work. I had no idea that Grace had written so very many more books (than my library had to offer)—until my more recent interest in vintage dust jackets brought her to my notice again. I began collecting her books on ebay, partly because of the undeniably beautiful dust jacket covers which decorate many of her books, but also for sentimental reasons which I can only describe as familial. Grace was part of my history, one of the very sweet parts, and in the spiritual sense, rather like family. As a young person, her books had definitely seemed like a refreshing oasis in the desert. Her deep faith in Jesus Christ is so beautifully mirrored in the practical outworking of the faith of her main characters—as natually and unobtrusively as breathing—just the way I knew one's faith should be expressed. This was at a time when it was already becoming pretty unpopular in the real world to admit to having such a faith. If one believes something, one cannot simply choose not to believe it because it is unpopular. It would be impossible, even if one wanted to—because that is the nature of belief. But happily I didn't want to disbelieve. And I was grateful that Grace was creating a safe place to be refreshed and encouraged in my faith, but also in my humanity and in the hope of God's good plans for life.

And I am really enjoying reading her again in the present. Her books are like “safe” havens. There are hardships aplenty defined there, but the conflicts are resolved in the best possible way and one needn't fear that life will simply be reduced to a vehicle for profanity and sex, as is often our plague today. They are truly “romantic” romances, exploring the uniting of whole personalities before God, rather than simply body parts and hormones.

A few Christians have criticized Grace's stories precisely because they are romances, suggesting that Christ would never have read them, and therefore perhaps we shouldn't either. I agree that Jesus probably wouldn't have taken the time to read one of Grace's books while He was alive on earth—because of the nature of His mission and His time-constraints, but I can't help thinking, in the present, He would love her natural way of weaving Him into her stories. I don't think God is anti-romance. There seems (to me) to be plenty of romance in the Bible. I would not advocate a reading diet of only Grace Livingston Hill books, but they are lovely, inspirational Christian tales that are sometimes just what the doctor ordered I think.

Vive la Grace Livingston Hill books I say!

Enjoy reading her and collecting her and enjoy her beautiful dust jackets!

--Kandice at Lady Bluestocking

Shopping for Grace Livingston Hill Books
If you're like me, you haven't found many of Grace's hardbacks in dust jackets at your local fleemarket and the internet will be your greatest shopping resource. I do often search for her books on dedicated “book-only” sites and wouldn't want to do without those, but I also highly recommend the various auction sites as good places to shop for Grace's books Among those are eBay, iOffer, eBid, Bidville, eCrater and *blujay.*
Visit my store http://ladybluestocking.blujay.com		*I have just opened a store on blujay which will probably eventually completely replace my eBay store.* *You can visit me there by clicking the link at left.* Ebay is a great place to shop for Grace's books, but recently they have made changes that are going to make it much harder for sellers to keep their prices low so I felt it was time for a change. Blujay allows me all the flexibility I need without all the headaches. There are no fees, which means I can safely offer my books at the lowest possible price—to the benefit of both myself and the buyer and I can still make my ads as pretty and picture-laden as before. (I do like things to look pretty.) ;-)
		Most auction-site sellers include pictures of the books they're selling. For those who do not enjoy the bidding process (and I confess that often includes me) auction-site stores are a wonderful alternative. You see the book, you know how much it costs, and you have the chance to buy it instantly. If you aren't ready to buy, you'll find it a great information resource and a pleasurable place to window-shop. *At the top of every page you will find a search panel. Just type in “Grace Livingston Hill" in the category of books and away you go.* *At left are links to two eBay stores which you might like to use as starting points for shopping on eBay.* My own, Milady's Book Bower will soon be shifting to http://ladybluestocking.blujay.com as explained above. But wherever my stores are you will nearly always find books by Grace, in original dust jackets and restored Facsimile Dust Jackets. I have also begun collecting books by the Christian author, Florence Barclay, a wonderful British Christian writer and Florence Kingsley, a lesser known American Christian author. Both will eventually have their own pages (When I find the time! ;-) *Millie's Books Old and New* Millie has made selling Grace Livingston Hill books one of her specialities. She has a huge selection of Grace's books (perhaps the largest on the internet) and books by Emily Loring as well. She also makes facsimile copies of the dust jackets in her collection for both authors I think.
Visit My eBay Store: Milady's Book Bower

Links to other web sites with more on Grace Livingston Hill
		Here you will find complete bibliographies of Grace's works, see pictures of some of the rarest ones, learn a little about her family, and see terrific photos following Grace from infancy up through adulthood. You can also read the first few chapters of Grace's story A LITTLE SERVANT, published in 1890. The site is rich with sweet anecotes about Grace. They are now in the midst of completely rebuilding this site, with plans to add many more special features, e-texts, short stories, biographies . . . and much more. http://www.gracelivingstonhill.com
		This site is beautiful to behold as well as having wonderful information about Grace—some things I'd never even thought to wonder about—like films, which were based on Grace's writings. You'll also find biographies, wonderful examples of book covers and dust jackets, fabulous photos of Grace and her family, timelines, pages devoted to Grace's daughter Ruth, and her aunt Isabella Alden who were also writers, and much more well-worth exploring. http://www.geocities.com/gracelivingstonhill/

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