Buy this book on-line Burnett, Frances Hodgson : Two Little Pilgrims' Progress : A Story of The City BeautifulCharles Scribner's Sons, New-York, 1895
BAL 2088. Gilt decoration and lettering front cover and spine. Full-page illustrations. 191 pages. Several pages of publisher's advertising. Offsetting to pages 58-59. Orphan twin brother and sister, Meg and Robin, live with their Aunt Matilda on her large Illinois farm. Aunt Matilda's home is cold and austere compared to the loving and cozy home they had shared with their parents. They talk and dream about life beyond the farm, in the City Beautiful.. Illustr.: (Birch, Reginald B.). Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Illustrated Cloth Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Burnett, Frances Hodgson : Two Little Pilgrims' Progress : A Story of The City Beautiful. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Burnett, Frances Hodgson : Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City BeautifulCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1895
Original publisher's blue cloth binding. Gilt lettering and decorations on front cover and spine. Illustration on the front cover that shows a boy and a girl traveling somewhere amid a backdrop of thorned scrollwork bordered by decorative seashells. 7" x 8 1/2." 191 pages, complete. Twelve black and white plates, complete. Sixteen additional pages of illustrated advertisements for other children's books in the book. Former ownership inscription in black ink on front free endpaper: "Claire Randall." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Minimal edge and corner wear. A few small, faint marks on front cover. A Near Fine copy. Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 2088. A story about a girl named Meg and a boy named Robin who decide to go to the Chicago World's Fair. Quoted from an advertisement in the back promoting this book: "The largest and most notable children's book that Mrs. Burnett has written since 'Fauntleroy.' It is a charming story of a little boy and girl, who, taking their small savings, leave home to visit the World's Fair. This is their Pilgrims' Progress; and their interesting adventures and the happy ending of it all Mrs. Burnett tells as no one else can. It is in the author's best vein and will take place in the hearts of her readers close beside 'Fauntleroy.'". Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Burnett, Frances Hodgson : Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres d'occasion, out-of-print books, libri rari and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |