1922 First Gift Edition - Adventures of a Brownie by Miss Mulock & illustrated by Maria L. Kirk.

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Author: Miss Mulock. (illustrated by Maria L. Kirk).
Title: The Adventures of a Brownie, The Little Lame Prince, Poor Prin. With 14 illustrations in color by Maria L. Kirk.
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J.B Lippincott Company, 1922. First gift Edition illustrated by Maria L. Kirk.
Language: Text in English.  
Size: 9.5 " X 7 ".
Pages: 280 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine original illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean - as shown, rear endpaper inner hinge slightly worn but still tight - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful 14 full-page color illustrations by Maria L. Kirk and the nice pages marginal decorations.

The book: Rare and attractive First gift Edition illustrated by Maria L. Kirk of The Adventures of a Brownie, The Little Lame Prince & Poor Prin by Miss Mulock.

 The illustrator:  Maria Louise Kirk was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on 21st June 1860. Despite being a prolific and highly talented illustrator, very little is known about her life. She studied art in Philadelphia – at the School of Design for Women, and the Academy of Fine Arts. Kirk’s characteristic style included exceptionally technically well-executed children, with bright foregrounds and foreboding dark backgrounds. Her characters are stylized, and statuesque in their quiet beauty, but show little of the art nouveau and art deco influences so prominent for many of Kirk’s fellow illustrators. Today, her monotone works are just as sought after as her color plates. Maria Louise Kirk died on her birthday in 1938 – at the age of seventy-eight.

The author: Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel John Halifax, Gentleman, which presents the mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life.