Shelfmark
Kc.5.06
Author
Title
Mrs Leicester's school / wirtten by Charles & Mary Lamb ; illustrated by Winifred Green.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : J M Dent & Co, [1899?]
Physical description
ix, [1], 128 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 x 21 cm.
Note
Undated; date of publication inferred from presentation inscription in ECL copy.
Note
Three of the stories (The witch aunt, First going to church, and The sea voyage)--are by Charles Lamb, the remaining seven by Mary Lamb.
Note
"The coloured plates have been lithographed by Messrs J.S. Virtue & Co., Ltd."--p. ix.
Note
With colour lithographed title-page, frontispiece and 18 plates; line illustrations.
Note
Publisher's colour printed pictorial cloth case binding.
Provenance
Edward Gordon Craig collection.
Provenance
Inscribed on front flyleaf by Ellen Terry to her grandchildren (the children of her son Edward Gordon Craig and his first wife May Craig, née Gibson): For Rosie - Robin - Phil & Peter with Baba's love: "A happy New Year!" December 1899. Philadelphia: America.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting two preliminary leaves.
Subject
Children's stories, English.
Subject
Girls Juvenile fiction.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 - 1966 former owner.
Added entry--name
Green, Winifred illustrator.
Added entry--name
Terry, Ellen, 1847 - 1928 former owner.
Added entry--name
J. M. Dent & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46401