Princess Mary's gift book
1914, 1st edition. London : Hodder & Stoughton. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Unusual in the dust-wrapper. Item #402254
Date is suggested.Physical description: [iv], 140 p., [14] leaves of col. plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes: Plates and portrait mounted. Anthology of short stories by authors including J.M. Barrie, A. Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling and Kate Douglas Wiggin. Contents: A holiday in bed / J.M. Barrie -- The spy / G.A Birmingham -- Charlie the Fox / Hall Caine -- Canada's word / Ralph Connor -- Bimbashi Joyce / A. Conan Doyle -- The Ant-Lion / J.H. Fabre -- An Angel of God / Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler -- A model soldier / Charles Garvice -- The land of let's pretend / Lady Sybil Grant -- Magepa the Buck / H. Rider Haggard -- True Spartan hearts / Beatrice Harraden -- Big steamers / Rudyard Kipling. Subjects: Mary Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain 1867-1953; Mary princess of Great Britain 1897; Mary Princess Royal; Mary Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood 1897-1965; World War, 1914-1918; Gift books; English fiction; Children's stories; World War, 1914-1918 Gift books; Anthologies.
Price: €125.00