1882-1919 True Stories of Foreign History; The Bank Clerk’s Secret and Other Tales; Little Lois; The Little Red Purse or, A Strange Mistake; Caravan Cruises: or, Five Children in a Caravan – Not to mention Old Dobbin; Mrs. Green

Description

Decorative Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

A delightful set of six titles for young readers, comprising accounts of historical figures, adventures and pious stories. 

First editions except for 'Mrs. Green', which is a later impression. 

In the original decorative cloth bindings. 

The entirety of this set offers the following: 

True Stories of Foreign History (1882) – =With twelve pages of advertisements to the rear. 

The Bank Clerk’s Secret and Other Tales Selected and Edited by J. Erskine Clarke (1895) - Also includes stories titled 'Job Jacobs and His Wonderful Boxes' and 'James Golding's Boy'. With sixteen pages of advertisements to the rear. 

Little Lois by E. Everett-Green (1898) – With a frontispiece and a vignette title page. 

The Little Red Purse or, A Strange Mistake by Jennie Chappell (1900) - Illustrated by E. A. Cubitt with a colour frontispiece and numerous vignettes. With twelve pages of advertisements to the rear. 

Caravan Cruises: or, Five Children in a Caravan – Not to mention Old Dobbin by Phil Ludlow (1905) – With a frontispiece and numerous full-page illustrations. 

Mrs. Green by Evelyne Elsye Rynd (1919)