1870. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870 8vo., (vi), 250, 23, 24, (3, ads) pp. Original brown cloth, pencil inscription dated 1871 on free endpaper, binding somewhat worn, spine askew; very good. § First edition in English. This edition includes two appendices; the first 23 pp. by Margaret Sweat titled “The Novels..... More
1931. Longmans, Green & Co., 1931. 8vo, xiii, 336 pp. Original green cloth, printed paper labels on backstrip and upper cover. Backstrip faded, hinges cracked, pages clean, a good copy inscribed by the author. § First edition, reverently inscribed by the author to Celia Clark, a member of one of..... More
1894. London: George Allen, 1894. Square 8vo, 127 [1]pp, full page illustrations and vignettes throughout. Pictorial robin’s egg blue cloth with gilt design of an angel scattering poppies. Edges untrimmed, fine copy. § First edition of this unusually beautiful art nouveau children’s book. Alma Gertrude Vansittart Strettell (1853–1939), was a...... More
