1922 First Gift Edition - Adventures of a Brownie illustrated by Maria L. KirkAuthor: Miss Dinah Maria Mulock (Craik). Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk. Title: The Adventures of a Brownie, The Little Lame Prince, and Poor Prin. Publisher: Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1922. Language: Text in English. Size: 9" 7". Pages: 280 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good publishers original tan cloth binding, front cover and spine decorated with charming elfin and child figures in brown, surrounding a mounted color

A foundational work of 20th-century children’s literature and a perennial favorite among collectors

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overall slightly worn and scuffed -  as shown) in an original unclipped dust jacket in very good condition (small chips

some light foxing and staining mainly on the preliminary text pages - as shown

The narrative follows the trials and redemption of the heroine “Fairy

Printed at The Blue Sky Press

blank endpapers nicely replaced by a previous owner - as shown

Lyra's Oxford is a short book by Philip Pullman depicting an episode involving the heroine of His Dark Materials

The book: This is a finely printed 18th-century Latin edition of the New Testament

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gilt lettering

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