Published by Grant Richards, London, 1900
Language: English
Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Edith Farmiloe (illustrator). 1st Edition. Farmiloe wrote about and illustrated the lives of children living in her husband's parish in Soho, and later in South Hackney. A contemporary review described Chapel Street Children (1900) as "a book which will delight children of any age," adding that Farmiloe is "second to none in her delineations of Cockney gutter imps". Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles. Page edges gilt. Prize inscription on fron endpaper and attractive contemporary bookplate on free endpaper. Hinges cracked but binding tight. Wonderful sketches of small children obviously drawn from life.
Published by Grant Richards, 1900
Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Illus. with b.w. drawings. 8vo. dec. cl. Bds. rubbed and marked, hinges a little weak, contents shaken, a fair reading/reference copy.