Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age.

MALET, Lucas [Pseudonym of KINGSLEY, Mary St Leger] (1852-1931), [HARDY, Paul, illustrator].

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1888. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, ex libris Maurice Baring. Octavo (20 x 16cm), pp.viii; 168. With nine wood engraved plates by Hardy, including a frontispiece, as well as in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt and illustrations in black to spine and upper board. Leaf-patterned endpapers. A little shaken; some occasional marks, dustiness/toning to edges. Illustrated bookplate of the poet, novelist and translator Maurice Baring (1874-1945) to pastedown. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed; some marks to boards. Very good. Item #53232

Price: £48.00