Various — Princess Mary&Apos;S Gift Book

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated collection of children's stories issued by Princess Mary in connection with the Queen's "Work for Women" Fund and the National Relief Fund. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, thirteen colour tipped in plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of charming children's stories, including: The Ant-Lion, An Angel of God, True Spartan Hearts, A Spell for A Fairy, The Escape, and more. Written by a selection of talents, including J. M. Barrie, A. Conan Doyle, Lady Sybil Grant, Rudyard Kipling, A. E. W. Mason, and Baroness Orczy. Illustrated by C. E. Brock, R. Talbot Kelly, E. J. Detmold, Arthur Rackham, J. Byam Shaw, Edmund Dulac, H. M. Brock, Edmund J. Sullivan, and many others. All profits from sale are given to the Queen's "Work for Women" Fund which is acting in conjunction with the National Relief Fund. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and extremities with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .