Mary Brine novel Margaret Arnold's Christmas Illustrated 1894 Gilt Silver Fancy retailer Cover

ANTIQUE BOOK

MARY D. BRINE

COLLECTION OF STORIES TITLED: MARGARET ARNOLD'S CHRISTMAS

VICTORIAN LITERATURE

1894

FANCY COVER IN GREEN WITH GILT LETTERING, SILVER FLORAL DESIGN. TOP PAGES GILT.

E.P. DUTTON & COMPANY NEW YORK

POSSIBLY SIGNED BY AUTHOR OR "SIGNED IN PRINT"

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Mary Dow Brine, 1816-1913, poet, author and lyricist. New Yorker.

Many poems and children's books published by numerous important publishers.

Best known for her poem, "Somebody's Mother".

She wrote the lyrics for "Hearts and Flowers," a late 19th-century piano piece that did not sell well until she provided the lyrics for retailer it after which it became a hit

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NOTE RE THE AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE. BOOK APPEARS TO BE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. NOTE, IF THE AUTHOR HAD SIGNED IN PRINT BELOW HER PHOTOGRAPH OPPOSITE THE TITLE PAGE, THEN THE SIGNATURE WOULD NOT BE ORIGINAL. IT APEARS IN BLACK INK WITH BEAUTIFUL PENMANSHIP. SINCE COPIES OF THIS BOOK ARE SELDOM SEEN, A SIGNED EDITION WOULD BE A WONDERFUL FIND. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RESEARCH THIS AUTHOR AND CAN FIND NO COPIES OF OTHER BOOKS IN WHICH HER PORTRAIT APPEARED WITH A SIMILAR SIGNATURE.

SIZE: APPROXIMATELY 6 X 8 INCHES. 1 INCH THICK.

PAGES: 320

CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR AGE WITH ONLY MINIMAL ISSUES AS FOLLOWS: SPINE INTACT. NO LOOSE PAGES. OWNERS SIGNATURE AND ? ORIGINAL PRICE. EXPOSURE OF BINDING NETTING/STITCHING ON THE TITLE PAGES. AND VISIBLE STITCHING IN A FEW OTHER PLACES. GLOSSY PAGES. VERY LITTLE FOXING. FAINT SMUDGES ON COVER FRONT AND BACK. GILT LETTERING STILL BRIGHT. WISH WE KNEW WHO DISIGNED THE COVER WITH ITS SILVER FLORAL DESIGN.

LOVELY BLACK AND WHITE VICTORIAN ART WORK TO ILLUSTRATE THE STORIES.

WE ARE HAPPY TO FURNISH ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF PAGES.