Lousia Rame (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Maria L. Kirk (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Lots to talk about here! Firstly, don't be fooled by all the listings that indicate this 1910 edition, with its red pictorial cloth, as a first edition. It's not. True, it says "Published October, 1910" on the copyright page, with no additional printings shown. But, it also says "SECOND EDITION" on the half-title! It was first published by Lippincott in 1893 with illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett. This new edition, with new illustrations (hence a new copyright date) was published posthumously. Louisa de la Rame, or Ouida as she was known (a nickname derived from her own childish mispronunciation of her name), was born in England in 1839 and died in 1908. She was quite prolific, writing many novels, stories and children's books. This volume contains seven stories "for children", although I do somewhat pity the poor kids who had to wade through this stuff! Let's just open the book at random and quote the first sentence we see: "Lili had been sore beset in a thousand ways, for she was very fair to see; but she was proud and she was innocent, and she kept her courage and her honor; yea, though you smile." and so on. Good old fashioned stuff! Lovely color plates though. The nice red boards, with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover and with an illustration blocked in black and white, are very clean and fresh apart from slight fading and dull lettering on spine panel. Very minimal wear to extremities. Top edges gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Edges very slightly browned, but internally tight and clean. A small ownership label on front pastedown from one Margot Sutro - a surname that will be familiar to anyone from the San Francisco Bay Area. Margot was the daughter of Alfred Sutro (1869-1945), lawyer, leading figure in the California Historical Society, and book collector, who was the nephew of Adolph Sutro, former mayor of San Francisco, after whom many San Francisco landmarks are named, notably the somewhat strange Sutro Tower. A lovely, and interesting, copy of a "they-don't-make-them-like-that-anymore" children's book. It's a pretty hefty tome so likely to attract additional shipping fees for overseas buyers.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Harper & Brothers Publishers Former library book. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. The hinges have been meanded preserving the original covers and spine. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.