Blackstick Papers

Blackstick Papers was written by Lady Ritchie. It does have some portraits in it. The book was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1908 and appears to be a First Edition but is not specifically stated as such. This is an ex-library copy, has no dust jacket, and is in good condition with pages that are yellowing and some library wear. It is 5 5/8" by 8 1/4" and has 291 pages with three portraits in it: Felicia Hemans, William Makepeace Thackeray, and "Jacob Omnium" and Marshal Pelissier. "Readers of my father's works will be familiar with the name of the Fairy Blackstick who lived in Crim Tartary some ten or twenty thousand years ago, and who used to frequent the Court of His Majesty King Valoroso XXIV. If I have ventured to call the following desultory papers by the Fairy Blackstick's name, it is because they concern certain things in which she was interested - old books, young people, schools of practical instruction, rings, roses, sentimental affairs, etc., etc." Thank you.