I first knew her as the Queen of the Pirate Isle. To the best of my recollection she had no reasonable right to that title. She was only nine years old, inclined to plumpness and good humour, deprecated violence and had never been to sea. Need it be added that she did not live in an island and that her name was "Polly." Perhaps I ought to explain that she had already known other experiences of a purely imaginative character. Part of her existence had been passed as a Beggar Child-solely indicated by a shawl tightly folded ...
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I first knew her as the Queen of the Pirate Isle. To the best of my recollection she had no reasonable right to that title. She was only nine years old, inclined to plumpness and good humour, deprecated violence and had never been to sea. Need it be added that she did not live in an island and that her name was "Polly." Perhaps I ought to explain that she had already known other experiences of a purely imaginative character. Part of her existence had been passed as a Beggar Child-solely indicated by a shawl tightly folded round her shoulders and chills, -as a Schoolmistress, unnecessarily severe; as a Preacher, singularly personal in his remarks, and once, after reading one of Cooper's novels, as an Indian Maiden. This was, I believe, the only instance when she had borrowed from another's fiction. Most of the characters that she assumed for days and sometimes weeks at a time were purely original in conception; some so much so as to be vague to the general understanding.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket. New edition, 1987. Facsimile of the 1885 first edition, with illustrations by Kate Greenaway. A tidy copy in tight binding.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 58. Original publishers illustrated beige buckram, lettered black on spine and black and gilt on front cover. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Very slight wear and marking to cloth with some rubbing to black lettering at spine, otherwise very good.
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Greenaway Kate. Very Good. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Bookplate of Thomas Parkin. "Susan Parkin" written in ink on half-title. front endpaper slightly torn. some foxing to prelims. back guttering slightly loose. edges slightly rubbed and head of spine worn. W. H. Smith & Sons blind-stamped on corner of front endpaper.
