Marjorie Fleming, a Sketch. Being the Paper Entitled "Pet Marjorie: a Story of Child-life Fifty Years Ago by John Brown - 2012-01-10

Paperback / softback. New.

GB: Edmonston & Douglas (Edinburgh), 1863. 172 x 118 mm. Pink covers. About 32 pages. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Paperback. G++.

Hardback. New.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 9". Various. The first edition of this touching work on the child writer Marjorie Fleming, complete with a colour portrait frontispiece. The first illustrated edition.A touching biographical appreciation on the Scottish child poet Marjorie Fleming, who died at the age of eight. She is best remembered for her diary, kept during the last eighteen months of her life. After her death she became hugely popular in Victorian England, with many editions of her diary and poems being published.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and six monochrome plates.Collated, complete.By John Brown. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional handling mark. Title page is detaching to the head and tail. Very Good Read More