1880 Scarce Victorian Edition - Grace Darling: Heroine of the Farne IslandsA stirring Victorian tribute to courage at sea, bound in richly decorative cloth and alive with maritime drama. Author: Anonymous (by the author of Our Queen). Title: Grace Darling: Heroine of the Farne Islands. Publisher: London, Walter Scott, Ltd., Paternoster Square; printed at The Walter Scott Press, Newcastle on Tyne, no date (circa 1880). Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 5 x 5 inches. Pages: 312 pages + publishers catalogue. Binding:

Pages: xx-700 pages

featuring elaborate angling-themed tooling in compartments (fish

Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes

Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated cloth binding (hinges fine

His elaborate designs and ethereal line work elevate the storytelling in this volume

recounting the Battle of Flodden (1513) with its themes of chivalry

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richly decorated in silver on the spine and front board

Binding: Attractive and very good full-cloth binding bound in the original publisher's beige cloth with an illustrated cover featuring three children and a pirate flag

The illustrator: Libico Maraja (1912-1983) was one of Italy’s top post-War illustrators

Author: Edward Oxenford

and ambitions mirror the challenges of young women in 19th-century America