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London: Griffith, Faran, Okeden & Welsh. Poor with no dust jacket. ca. 1870s. Hardcover. Corners are bumped, and beginning to chip. Spine has wear around edges, and is chipping. Spine is beginning to crack at front endpaper. Has a damp stain at the top edges of pages, that barely affects the page, but heavily affects the endpapers. ; Includes 16 page catalogue of children's books offered by Dutton. .
JULIA MAITLAND; or, Pride goes before a Fall by Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth - 1857
by Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth
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JULIA MAITLAND; or, Pride goes before a Fall
by Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth
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London: Griffith and Farran, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Hand-coloured plates [4] by John Absolon and N. Jackson Jr. Small octavo blue gilt spine titling & gilt decorative cover (signed J L) + blindstamped rules and corners to both covers (partial splitting at hinges/corners, top edges rubbed). Front pastedown with miniature seller's label E.C.Spurin Juvenile Library & Depository, New Bond Street and pencil inscription "Mary Luttrell". All Edges Gilt. Frontispiece in colour + titlepage + contents leaf + page [5] 6-98pp + 16 page catalogue New Works for the Young. A clean tight copy with fine hand-coloured illustrations of women & girls in mid-Victorian costume.
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
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- Publisher Griffith and Farran
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1857
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Julia Maitland Or Pride Goes Before A Fall
by Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth
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Julia Maitland; or, Pride Goes Before a Fall.
by Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth
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London: Griffith and Farran, 1857 First edition. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Binding is very clean and attractive. Pale yellow endpapers. . With four hand-colored plates by John Absolon and N. Jackson Jr. Publisher's ticket and contemporary pencil ownership signature (Mary Luttrell) to front pastedown. One plate loose, laid in at original position. A very good, bright copy of an uncommon didactic novels for young women. This didactic novel about the value of education for young women tells the story of Julia, a spoiled heiress whose delusions of grandeur lead her away from her studies. After her aunt places her with a family to work as a governess, an experience Julia hates, she returns home and focuses on her education. She begins to help her friend Matilda in teaching children and imbuing them with a respect for education and moderation. Elizabeth Kirby (1823 – 1873) and Mary Kirby (later Gregg, 1817 – 1893) were children's book authors and science writers. Mary's most important…
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