Abbie Farwell Brown — The Lonesomest Doll

Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. In the charming publisher's original decorative cloth binding, this is the first edition of Abbie Farwell Brown's melancholy children's tale to be illustrated by Arthur Rackham. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of this work, which was first published in 1901. A charming story about a little queen and her most lonesome doll. Illustrated with a title page and three full page illustrations in two colour ink, and with further vignettes throughout, all the work of celebrated Golden Age of British Book Illustration illustrator Arthur Rackham. Collated, complete. Abbie Farwell Brown was a prolific American children's writer. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Boards bright, with back strip a touch age toned. Spotting to fore edges of boards. Internally, binding strained to centre. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type, with light handling marks to first few leaves. Minor closed tears to fore edge of a small number of leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Very Good .