 Author Name: Avery, Gillian (editor)
Title: THE HOLE IN THE WALL and Other Stories
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition
Size: Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall
Publisher: London Oxford University Press/OUP 1968
Illustrator: Doreen Roberts
Seller ID: 015901
A collection of eight children's stories written between 1796 and 1886, "all about children trying to overcome some real or imagined fault." Stories by Annie Keary ("The Hole in the Wall"), Mrs. Sherwood ("The Old Story of Mrs. Howard" and "The Stolen Child"), the omnipresent Anonymous ("A Puzzle for a Curious Girl"), Maria Edgeworth ("Waste Not, Want Not, or, Two Strings to Your Bow"), Jean Ingelow ("The Grandmother's Shoe"), Charlotte Yonge ("The Little Rick-Burners"), and Juliana Horatia-Ewing ("Snap-Dragons, A Tale of Christmas Eve"). Dark green cloth w/silver spine lettering, 161 pages, illustrated. Strong spine slant, light wear to corners/spine ends, moderate general wear, in moderately worn, price-clipped dust jacket w/a bit of mild edgewear.
Annie Keary, The Hole in the Wall, Mrs. Sherwood, The Old Story of Mrs. Howard, The Stolen Child, A Puzzle for a Curious Girl, Maria Edgeworth, Waste Not, Want Not Or Two Strings to Your Bow, Jean Ingelow, The Grandmother's Shoe, Charlotte Yonge, The Little Rick-Burners, Juliana Horatia-Ewing, Snap-Dragons, A Tale of Christmas Eve, Doreen Roberts, Gillian Avery, anthology, anthologies, 18th century children's literature, 19th century children's literature
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