The One I Knew the Best of All, Frances Hodgson Burnett — 1st Edition

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The One I Knew the Best of All, Frances Hodgson Burnett — 1st Edition

Name: The One I Knew the Best of All, Frances Hodgson Burnett — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5696
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Publication: London, Frederick Warne and Co., 1893

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [xvi], 292.

Condition Report: Very Good. The original pictorial green cloth binding remains remarkably tight, bright, and square. The gilt, ochre, and black tooling on the spine and front board is beautifully unoxidised and vibrant, displaying very little of the shelf-wear, bumping, or rubbing that is typically seen on nineteenth-century children's volumes. Internally, the text block is sound and the hinges are secure. There is some mild, expected foxing present on the preliminary leaves and text block edges, along with general light age-toning throughout, but the pages remain entirely free from significant tears or major structural defects. A wonderfully preserved, highly presentable copy.

Catalogue Note: This is the First UK Edition of Burnett's autobiographical work, issued in a strikingly decorative green cloth binding. The text is beautifully complemented by the work of Reginald Birch, the illustrator famous for visually defining Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy.

While reading copies of this memoir regularly surface on the open market, finding a true first edition with such a remarkably bright and unrubbed pictorial binding is quite uncommon. It stands as a handsome addition to any serious collection of late-Victorian literature or Frances Hodgson Burnett's bibliography.

In The One I Knew the Best of All, Frances Hodgson Burnett, the beloved creator of The Secret Garden and A Little Princess, turns her exceptional storytelling prowess inward to recount the formative years of her own life. Narrated from the perspective of a highly perceptive "Small Person," the memoir charts Burnett's early childhood in a grimy, industrial English town and her subsequent immigration to the United States. Through rich, evocative prose, Burnett reveals the imaginative inner life, early literary passions, and profound personal observations that eventually shaped her into one of the era’s most celebrated authors.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Book Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Autobiography, Biography & Memoirs

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 292

Book Publication Year: 1893

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Reginald Birch

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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