Gellie Mary E Published Anonymously (1 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Presumed First Edition. No stated date c1868. Presumed first edition. 160pp., frontispiece and 3 other black and white illustrations, and header and footer vignettes to each chapter. This is a story for the older child, set in France. The author is not stated but it is known to be Mary Elizabeth Gellie (1838-1919). She was born in Oxford, the daughter of chief clerk for the Admiralty John Marlett Boddy, and in 1877 she married Scottish landowner William Gellie. Before and after her marriage, Gellie wrote several novels aimed at young adult readers. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with titling against a gold background and black designs on the spine and black titling and designs with a gold illustration on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and light soiling to the boards and bumping to the spine ends and top corners. There is a light dent near the top of the front board and the spine is very slightly cocked. The contents are tight and clean apart from some scattered small marks and stains from finger smudges, etc., and a few more noticeable small stains on pages 9 to 11. The back of the frontispiece, last page and the free endpapers are browned and there are remains of a partly removed school prize label on the front fixed endpaper. There is some partial splitting down the spine gutter of the endpapers.…