The children's hour / by Mrs. Molesworth.
Mary Louisa Stewart, Mrs R. Molesworth (1839-1921)
Category
Books
Date
1899
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3257584
Summary
Bibliographic description
131, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (12 col.) ; 21 cm. Pencil price on front pastedown: "2/6". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "Huttleston / from Auntie Edith / Christmas 1902." [i.e.: to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: 'Ormond / Bookseller & Stationer / Milford Haven.' Binding: Late nineteenth-century full publisher's blue cloth; black and white blocked illustrations on upper board: children reading a book and a doll with other toys; gilt and black lettering on upper board; blind stamped publisher's device on lower board; black and white stamped illustration on spine: shepherdess; gilt stamped title panel and gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Mary Louisa Stewart, Mrs R. Molesworth (1839-1921), author