By Mrs George Cupples
London; Edinburgh   William P. Nimmo
7" by 5" x, 422, [2]pp.
Lovely half-calf children's maritime novel by Anne Jane Cupples, delightfully illustrated, with three additional short stories from husband George Cupples.
By Mrs George Cupples

1876 Norrie Seton

London; Edinburgh   William P. Nimmo
7" by 5" x, 422, [2]pp.
Lovely half-calf children's maritime novel by Anne Jane Cupples, delightfully illustrated, with three additional short stories from husband George Cupples.
£80.00
: 0.75kgs / : 987b6

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Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

Bound in half calf with blue cloth boards and marbled endpapers.

Featuring a frontispiece and five further monochrome plates.

With three additional short stories by George Cupples to the rear of the book.

Written by Anne Jane Cupples, prolific children's author and wife to renowned maritime novelist George Cupples. First published in 1869, Norrie Seton; or, Driven to Sea draws from her husband's teenagehood spent at sea. Similar titles of hers include Unexpected Pleasures (1868) and The Little Captain (1885).

Condition

Bound in half calf with blue cloth boards and marbled endpapers. Externally, very smart with the odd mark, slight bumping and rubbing and minor loss of cloth particularly to the spine tips. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription from previous owner to first page. Pages bright and clean with exception of slight spotting towards the first and last few pages.

Very Good Indeed

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