Buy this book on-line MEADE**, L. T: : QUEEN ROSELONDON.W. & R. CHAMBERS LTD,.[n.d. - but 1902.] ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB,1st edn.VG.Handwritten ink reward presentation inscrptn+date (1907): 'Presbyterian Church Plymouth Presented to Lily Pearse,for diligent and successful bible searching during 1906 John Grierson, Minister Jan 1907.' to recto of half-title pagel and an oval embossed bookseller stamp to top corner of clean,plain khaki front free endpaper.Bright,crisp,clean with some minor discolouration and marks - commensurate with book's age,publisher's original,brown cloth with blind-tooled 4- colour (red,black,white and yellow)+ bright,crisp gilt illustration within a double-lined black ink border with a gilt petalled flower in each corner of same; a walking girl holding a letter in front of a gilt,black and cloth's background colour of a landscape in an horizontal, rectangular panel to front board/cover and with bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettering, slightly darkened spine/backstrip also with an upright rectangular panelled coloured illustration with other gilt decoration; bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettered title+author at head and publisher's gilt letters to foot,of same, rear board/cover plain and undecorated with a few minor bleached/mottled spots to some edges,clean plain knaki eps, hinges solid and sound without any cracking.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - corner tips minimally bumped,rubbed - no other nicks,tears or splits present.Generally clean,any grubbing,discolouration or other imperfections commensurate with book's age; contents generally bright,tight and clean with very minimal and occasional foxing/spotting - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread,apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,2-303pp+1-48pp publisher catalogue at rear [all paginated] includes XXX (30) chapters each with b/w illumination of capital letter of first word,6 b/w halftone illus (includes frntis) by J. T. Murray,all called for and present and interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] lightly foxed verso of half-title, b/w illus frntis,title page,and a contents list/table with publisher's author's other titles listed to recto of same,an illustrations list/table.Extensive, detailed catalogue with books' b/w illus/photographs.
A highly collected and prolific children's books author in her typical style and format and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon.
L. T. Meade [1844-1914] was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith,a prolific writer of girls' stories and not generally known, crime and sci-fi novels too.Writing from the age of 17,and in her lifetime, she produced over 300 books, being so prolific that no fewer than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death.
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