By Maria Edgeworth
London   Cobden-Sanderson
7.5" by 5" [8], 3-178pp
The first edition of these rediscovered short stories written by the popular Georgian author Maria Edgeworth, illustrated throughout.
By Maria Edgeworth

1931 The Most Unfortunate Day of My Life

London   Cobden-Sanderson
7.5" by 5" [8], 3-178pp
The first edition of these rediscovered short stories written by the popular Georgian author Maria Edgeworth, illustrated throughout.
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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of this work.

In the original unclipped dustwrapper.

A selection of rediscovered short stories by Maria Edgeworth, published almost a century after her death.

Containing 'The Most Unfortunate Day of My Life', 'The Purple Jar', 'The Two Plums', 'The Thorn', 'The Rabbit', and 'Waste Not, Want Not'.

Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and six monochrome plates.

Collated, complete.

Written by the popular Georgian author Maria Edgeworth.

Illustrated by Norah McGuinness.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Front board is a little cocked. Dustwrapper is a little age-toned with some spots and tidemarks. Light edgewear to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots.

Near Fine

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