The little old portrait.
Mary Louisa Molesworth
Category
Books
Date
1884
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3219845
Summary
Bibliographic description
147, [1], 4 p. : ill. (col.) ;. 8vo., 18 cm. Pencil mark "S27". Publisher's advertisement at the end appears to be dated 1.12.84. Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown "Bemrose & Sons, Irongate, Derby". Provenance: Inscribed on verso flyleaf "Hilda Crewe" [i.e. Hilda Ethelfreda Harpur Crewe (1877-1949), daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's illustrated full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Grazing damage on boards.
Makers and roles
Mary Louisa Molesworth, author W. Gunston, illustrator Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Committee of General Literature and Education, organisation