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1890 Scarce First Edition - Twelve Tiny Tales by Mary Louisa Molesworth illustrated by W.J.M.

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Author: Mary Louisa Molesworth. W.J.M. (illustrator).
Title: Twelve Tiny Tales.
Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no date (1890). First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9 " X 7 ".
Pages: 96 pages.
Binding: Attractive and good original full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content: Good content (bright, tight, some light foxing and staining - as shown, prize mention to a previous 1891 owner on first endpaper - as shown, inner hinge of endpapers worn but still tight - as shown).
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated in color and black&white by W.J.M.


The book: Attractive and Scarce First Edition of Twelve Tiny Tales. by Mary Louisa Molesworth including The Mysterious Muff, Fairy Spectacles, Mother's Tiresome Blue Ring, Sybil's New Umbrella, A Shadowy Quarrel, Old Father Christmas and 6 other tales.

The author: Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart (29 May 1839 – 20 January 1921) was an English writer of children's stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth. Her first novels, for adult readers, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of Ennis Graham. Her name occasionally appears in print as M. L. S. Molesworth.