Two Little Pilgrims' Progress. A Story of The City Beautiful by Burnett, Frances Hodgson - 1895

No dj, cloth boards in near fine condition, crisp unmarked text, tight copy; a little discoloration to spine gilt lettering, otherwise very light outer wear.

NY 1895 Scribners. Sq.8vo., 191pp., illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch. illustrated blue cloth. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked , corners a bit worn and bumped, spine ends worn, small chip and residue of label at heel of spine. .

LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO, 1896 Dated 1896.Deep DARK BERGUNDY cloth boards with Bright gilt and black blocked titles and decorations to spine and front panel. All edges of book block gilt.Publisher's decorative monogrammed end papers. 216pp B/W Illust. Frontis + 3 full page plates and 8 other illustrations in text all as called for. Orphans Robin and Meg have been living for three years with their Aunt Matilda on a farm in Illinois after their parents died. They hate Aunt Matilda's world and emboldened by Christian in Pilgrim's Progress set out on their own path to the City Beautiful. VG (Book- Colour rubbing to extremities of cloth and liquid splash to bottom of front panel. Ink gift insc. to half title page with previous owner name. A few finger prints to margins. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. NB.Camera flash has lightened from its deep, dark BURGUNDY colour.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BAL 2088. Bound in blue decorative cloth with gilt. One ad for Burnett's books on verso of half title,. 166 pages + ads. 12 full page illustrations. Some wear to spine extremities, board edges, and tips. A bit of soiling, Owner's inscription in pencil. Clean interior.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+. 1911. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The book covers are illustrated with green, yellow, red and gilt decorations and lettering. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's gift notation on the front endpaper, dated 1919. "Frances turned to write to earn money. Her first story was published in Godey's Lady's Book in 1868. Soon after, she was being published regularly in Godey's Lady's Book, Scribner's Monthly, Peterson's Magazine and Harper's Bazaar. She wanted to escape from the family's poverty and tended to overwork herself, later writing that she had been "a pen driving machine" during the early years of her career. For… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 x 9 in. 191 pp., plus adverts. Blue pictoral cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped and worn, covers clean but rubbed. Front inner hinge just barely starting. Text unmarked, endpapers have some stains. Children's. Stax.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1895. Hardcover, blue green cloth with picture of small boy and girl printed in black on front board, lettered in gold. 191pp. 16 page publisher's catalog appended at rear. Illustrated with drawings by Reginald Birch. Small, neat from/to four word inscription on front free endpaper. By the author of LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY and THE SECRET GARDEN. Very mild age wear to cloth, else a clean, sound copy in very good condition.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York:Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Charles Scribner's Sons. 1895. 191pp. + (16)pp. Hardcover. Binding is lightly worn at the edges and spine with some mild soiling to the covers. Top rear edge-point is lightly bumped. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings, save for a brief inscription inked onto the first free end-paper. Overall, this is a very good copy.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1895 191 pgs + 16pgs ads. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in dark blue and gilt, extremities worn, two tears in spine, previous owner's name, binding shaken and cracked in a few places, occasional corner crease and mark. The story of two children who venture off by themselves to go to the World's Fair. BAL 2088, . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Reginald B. Birch. 8vo.

LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE, 1895 Bottle green Victorian decorative cloth boards with gilt and black blocked illustration and titles, 205 x 150 mm approx, all edges of book block gilt, publisher's monographed end papers, 216 pp Frontis. with tissue guard + 11 other illustrations by R W Macbeth of which 3 full page with guards all as called for. First Edition 1895. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Book- mild general shelf wear to cloth- negligible soiling, gilt particularly bright with no rubbing, ink gift insc. dated 1895 to reverse of front end paper, tissue guards somewhat browned/foxed with light foxing to margins generally. No other defects). A very handsome example of Victorian Decorative cloth binding.