1890 Scarce First Edition ~ The Blue Mountains and Other Stories for Children.

(Description)

Author: Lewis Armytage. (pseudonyme of Rose Mabel Lewis).
Title: The Blue Mountains and Other Stories for Children.
Publisher: London, W. H. Allen & Co., 1890. First Edition.
Language: Text in English
Size: 7.5" X 5".
Pages: viii-275 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing, toning, and staining - as shown, very small tear in the upper margin of the first 3 pages repaired by a previous owner and not affecting the text - as shown).

Estimate :  (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).

The book: A Scarce First Edition of The Blue Mountains and Other Stories for Children by Rose Mabel Lewis, writing under the pseudonym Lewis Armytage, published in 1890 by W. H. Allen & Co., London. This collection of children's stories includes The Blue Mountains, The Story of a Bookworm, The Dream that Became Real, The Green Scarf, Prince Apcoel's Joke, Amser's Nursling, The Wishing Stone & Fritz's Christmas.

The author:  Rose Mabel Lewis, (Lewis Armytage) (1853-1928) was a writer. She was married to Colonel Henry Lewis of Greenmeadow, Glamorgan. Her published work includes The Blue Mountains and Other Stories for Children (London, 1890).