1911 Rare First Edition - Sylvia’s Travels by Constance and Maxwell ArmfieldAuthor: Constance Armfield. Illustrated by Maxwell Armfield. Title: Sylvias Travels. Publisher: London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911. First Edition. Language: Text in English. Size: 8. 5 x 6. 5 inches. Pages: x + 235 pages + map. Binding: Near fine publishers original olive green cloth binding, richly decorated in gilt, blue, and darker green to the upper cover and spine (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed as shown) under a protective removable

Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of her sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre

" he brought scholarly care to his charming children's stories

cementing her influence both nationally and internationally

Illustrations: Complete with the nice frontispiece and the three beautiful full-page etchings by George Cruikshank

It is a tale that captivates with its suspenseful atmosphere and the unfolding mystery surrounding the book with the iron clasps

rare light foxing and toning - as shown)

He is known for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century

Millicent Sowerby’s illustrations

making it one of the more attractive gift books of the period

Sale Barker was a prolific Victorian editor and writer associated with children's literature and juvenile magazines

were central to humanist education from the fifteenth century onward

the volume preserves oral tales that had long been shared around wigwams