Maurice or The Red Jar. JERSEY (Margaret Elizabeth Villiers, Countess of).
Maurice or The Red Jar A Tale of Magic and Adventure for Boys and Girls.
Frontispiece and nine plates by Rosie M. M. Pitman.
First Edition. 8vo. [200 x 130 x 24 mm]. [4]ff, 190, [2] pp. Bound in the publisher's original light green moiré cloth, the front cover with a large gilt block, the spine lettered in gilt, dark green endleaves, gilt edges. (Joints and corners slightly rubbed, a little out of square).
London: Macmillan and Co. 1894.
Sporadic light foxing but a very good copy. Ink ownership inscription of Dorothy M. Keyser (1884-1963) of Aldermaston Court, dated 1895. Aldermaston in Berkshire was bought by Charles E. Keyser in 1893 for £160,000. His attention was drawn to the estate by his sister Agnes, who said it reminded her of Sandringham. She went on to become the mistress of Edward VII.
Stock no. ebc8003
Maurice or The Red Jar A Tale of Magic and Adventure for Boys and Girls.
Frontispiece and nine plates by Rosie M. M. Pitman.
First Edition. 8vo. [200 x 130 x 24 mm]. [4]ff, 190, [2] pp. Bound in the publisher's original light green moiré cloth, the front cover with a large gilt block, the spine lettered in gilt, dark green endleaves, gilt edges. (Joints and corners slightly rubbed, a little out of square).
London: Macmillan and Co. 1894.
Sporadic light foxing but a very good copy. Ink ownership inscription of Dorothy M. Keyser (1884-1963) of Aldermaston Court, dated 1895. Aldermaston in Berkshire was bought by Charles E. Keyser in 1893 for £160,000. His attention was drawn to the estate by his sister Agnes, who said it reminded her of Sandringham. She went on to become the mistress of Edward VII.
Stock no. ebc8003
Maurice or The Red Jar A Tale of Magic and Adventure for Boys and Girls.
Frontispiece and nine plates by Rosie M. M. Pitman.
First Edition. 8vo. [200 x 130 x 24 mm]. [4]ff, 190, [2] pp. Bound in the publisher's original light green moiré cloth, the front cover with a large gilt block, the spine lettered in gilt, dark green endleaves, gilt edges. (Joints and corners slightly rubbed, a little out of square).
London: Macmillan and Co. 1894.
Sporadic light foxing but a very good copy. Ink ownership inscription of Dorothy M. Keyser (1884-1963) of Aldermaston Court, dated 1895. Aldermaston in Berkshire was bought by Charles E. Keyser in 1893 for £160,000. His attention was drawn to the estate by his sister Agnes, who said it reminded her of Sandringham. She went on to become the mistress of Edward VII.
Stock no. ebc8003