Buy this book on-line MEADE**, L. T: : POLLY: A NEW-FASHIONED GIRL.US.NEW YORK.A. L. BURT,PUBLISHER,[n.d. - but 1889.]. ISBN No ISBN.
US,8vo HB,1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn. Bright,clean,publisher's original grey cloth boards/covers withblind-tooled black ink leaf fronds edged border to front with a centrally placed but smaller similar border with a black ink printed illustration of a young woman's coronet-wearing portrait within it,to front board/cover.Slightly darkened spine with title+author surname in a gilt rectangle at head of spine,publisher gilt lettering to foot of spine,rear board/ cover,plain grey and without decoration,eps sporadically foxed/spotted,hinges solid,sound and without any cracking.Book has a slight lean,but is with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - corner tips minimally bumped,rubbed and faded,no nicks,tears or splits present - generally clean,any discolouration other imperfections commensurate with book's age.Top edges slightly dust-soiled with toning but no foxing/spotting, fore-edges also toned and without foxing/spotting;contents generally bright,tight and clean with minimal foxing/spotting - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages',corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.US,8vo HB,1st edn,iv-vpp+2-342pp+2-8pp publisher catalogue at rear [paginated] includes Pts I+II comprising XXI (21) and XIX (19) chapters respectively,6+frntis b/w illus by MEE,plus [unpaginated] b/w illus frntis,title page,and verso of contents list/table.
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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