{"product_id":"the-one-i-knew-the-best-of-all-frances-hodgson-burnett-1st-edition","title":"The One I Knew the Best of All, Frances Hodgson Burnett — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"70\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Frederick Warne and Co., 1893\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"121\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. [xvi], 292.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"154\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"842\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: 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 \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"1101\"\u003eLittle Lord Fauntleroy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eWhile 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"324\"\u003eThe One I Knew the Best of All\u003c\/i\u003e, Frances Hodgson Burnett, the beloved creator of \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"403\"\u003eThe Secret Garden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"425\"\u003eA Little Princess, \u003c\/i\u003eturns 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55089910972755,"sku":"5696","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260923_132158.jpg?v=1790609107","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-one-i-knew-the-best-of-all-frances-hodgson-burnett-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}