A VERY SIMPLE STORY; BEING A CHRONICLE OF THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF A CHILD

FLORENCE MONTGOMERY

Published by RICHARD BENTLEY, LONDON, 1867

About this Item

Victorian Blue cloth blind blocked decorative frame to front with gilt blocked title and chamfered boards, 220 x 170 pp. All edges gilt, 60 pp. b/w steel engraved frontis + 2 others. First Trade edition 1867 being the author's first book a touching story of a young child who's mother dies of scarlet fever. It was first aired in printed form to raise money for a charity bazaar and so impressed the novelist G. J. Whyte-Melville that he advised that it should be published. VG (Book - mild general shelf wear to cloth - mainly colour rubbing, no cracks to original pale yellow end papers, light foxing to reverse of free end papers and last printed page, no previous owner name or insc. occasional finger and general soiling to some margins, binding generally sound but a little floppy due to glue to back strip failing. However in remarkable condition for a children's book over150 years old). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. Seller Inventory # 127123

Bibliographic Details

Title: A VERY SIMPLE STORY; BEING A CHRONICLE OF ...

Publisher: RICHARD BENTLEY, LONDON

Publication Date: 1867

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: SIBYL MONTGOMERY ( MARCHIONESS OF QUEENSBERRY & M.R.)

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition