Maggie Browne [Margaret Andrewes] — Wanted: A King

London, Duckworth and Co. 1910. Cloth. A scarce fantastical children's title, richly illustrated in both colour and monochrome. A scarce children's title - following in the fantastical children's literary tradition of Alice in Wonderland.Features a colour frontispiece, 3 further colour plates, 4 monochrome plates, in addition to several vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Originally published in 1890, this edition is bound in original green cloth pictorial boards, with a colour illustration to the front cover.Written by Margaret Andrewes, under the pseudonym Maggie Browne. Bound in original green cloth. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to spine and board extremities. Mild shelf wear. Slight age toning to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound, with occasional strain. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Slight spotting to text block edges. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Harry Furniss. Very Good Indeed .