Leipzig 1901. Hermann Seemann Nachfolger. 4:0. Golddecorated blue cloth. Top edge gilt. 296 pp. B/w ills. Uncut pages.

40, (2), 8 pp. Cloth spine over green and red decorated boards. Spine ends slightly worn and boards slightly marked & worn to extremities. Decorative endpapers. Colour illustrations and calligraphy throughout by Walter Crane. Publisher's catalogue at rear. Internally clean. Chiswick Shop

Soft Cover. Very Good-VG- 5/9/2003 3/5/2007 12:54:40 AM 1

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth Fifth Printing Mary Louisa Molesworth (May 29, 1839 - January 20, 1921), Scottish writer, daughter of Major-General Stewart, of Strath, NB, was born in Rotterdam. She was educated in Great Britain and abroad. In 1861 Miss Stewart married Major R Molesworth. Her first novels, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of "Ennis Graham." "Mary Louisa Molesworth typified late Victorian writing for girls. Aimed at girls too old for fairies and princesses but too young for Austen and the Brontës

Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Hard Cover First Edition Some illustrations have been hand coloured, 2/3 of spine missing. Suitable for restoration or rebinding. Scarce in any condition. Mary Louisa Molesworth (May 29, 1839 - January 20, 1921), Scottish writer, daughter of Major-General Stewart, of Strath, NB, was born in Rotterdam. She was educated in Great Britain and abroad. In 1861 Miss Stewart married Major R Molesworth. Her first novels, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of "Ennis Graham." "Mary Louisa Molesworth typified late Victorian writing for girls. Aimed at girls too old for fairies and princesses but too young for Austen and the Brontës

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth Fifth Printing Mary Louisa Molesworth (May 29, 1839 - January 20, 1921), Scottish writer, daughter of Major-General Stewart, of Strath, NB, was born in Rotterdam. She was educated in Great Britain and abroad. In 1861 Miss Stewart married Major R Molesworth. Her first novels, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of "Ennis Graham." "Mary Louisa Molesworth typified late Victorian writing for girls. Aimed at girls too old for fairies and princesses but too young for Austen and the Brontës

269 pp, illustrated in b/w wear to cloth and seam split to front cover

1st editon thus. ~ Decorated cloth, VG. 240pp, b/w frontis, & 6 b/w plates by Walter Crane, front hinge weak, otherwise a nice copy. ~ Childrens fiction.

Limited Edition Unpaginated. 'The story of Troy and the story of Orestes from Homer and Aeschylus with introductory essay & sonnets by Prof. George C. Warr MA presented in 82 designs by Walter Crane.' Beautifully bound in red and gilt stamped vellum with Greek beauty on front cover and stylised Greek warrior on the back. Richly decorated throughout with figurative and patterned designs in red and black around the text. Volume 1 only - there was a second volume of music. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Very good except for a small scrape along the middle of the back cover. Limited edition no. 174. Chiswick Shop