Princess Mary's Gift Book

by J.M. Barrie, G.A. Birmingham, Hall Caine, Ralph Connor, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.H. Fabre, Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, Charles Garvice, Lady Sybil Grant, H. Rider Haggard, Beatrice Harraden, Rudyard Kipling, A.E.W. Mason Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton Year : 1915 Edition : First, Thus Pages : 140 Condition : Very Good Binding : Hardcover Price : $219.95

Item Description :

Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. (1915) FIRST EDITION, thus. Very good condition, solid throughout, minor foxing. Illustrated by great turn of the century artists with stories written by notable authors. "All Profits On Sale Given To The Queen's "Works For Women " Fund." Included are childrens storys with excellent tipped in colour illustrations, illustrators such as "Arthur Rackham" Haggard, H. Rider. "Magepa the Buck." Original cream cloth. A collection of tales and fine illustrations put together as a charitable effort (for the Queen's wartime "Work for Women" fund), it includes stories donated by the authors, such as "A Holiday in Bed" by J. M. Barrie, "Bimbashi Joyce" by A. Conan Doyle, "Big Steamers" by Rudyard Kipling, a Pimpernel story by Baroness Orczy, "Fleur-de-Lis" by Kate Douglas Wiggin, and many others; illustrations (many full-color on tipped-in plates) are by Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, W. Russell Flint, H. M. Brock, Gordon Browne and others. 140 pages.



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