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The Curious Girl: A Drama in One Act
1817994W6London: Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co. 1817 Undated as lacking title page. Dated from copy held by the University of Cambridge Libraries. Leather. Good. 6" by 4". Not Stated. An incredibly scarce children's title in quarter morocco containing a selection of short children's plays with the occasional illustration. An incredibly scarce title bound in yellow marbled boards with red quarter morocco.Features a monochrome frontispiece and 3 further unlisted monochrome plates. Collated from a copy held by the University of Cambridge LibrariesLacking title page.A collection of brief plays to be performed by children.This title is credited to Louis-Francois Jauffret who wrote the original French and to Mary Jane Godwin translator publisher editor of children's literature and step-mother to Mary Shelley. Bound in marbled boards and half morocco. Externally a little worn. Front joint broken. Cracking and rubbing to leather spine. Loss to leather to tail. Front board weak may detach with further handling. Bumping to spine tips. Rear joint slightly starting. Hinges starting. Contemporary hand-written contents page in ink to front free endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. First signature almost entirely loose. Pages generally bright and clean with infrequent spotting. Dirty mark to p.23. Missing title page. Good [Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co.] hardcover
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