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    By Ernest Ames
    London   Grant Richards
    11" by 8.5" 53, [1pp]
    An uncommon tale in verse by Ernest Ames, following a young woman as she tries to find a husband, the first edition, complete with colour illustrations.
    By Ernest Ames

    1901 The Maid's Progress

    London   Grant Richards
    11" by 8.5" 53, [1pp]
    An uncommon tale in verse by Ernest Ames, following a young woman as she tries to find a husband, the first edition, complete with colour illustrations.
    £40.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 938P41
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    Description

    Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

    The first edition of this uncommon work.

    A comical tale told in verse, following a young woman named Agatha, as she is being paraded on the marriage mart by her aunt.

    Written by Ernest Fitzroy Ames, a railroad engineer.

    Illustrated in coloured throughout by the author's wife, Mary Francis Ames.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, lacking most of the backstrip, front board may detach, even with careful handling. Boards are rubbed with a few light handling marks. Bumping to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots.

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