Maria Edgeworth — Simple Susan and Other Tales

Halifax, Milner and Sowerby, 1858. Paperback. An uncommon copy of 'Simple Susan and Other Tales' by Maria Edgeworth. With an engraving to frontispiece and vignette title. In original paper wraps with embossed title tipped in to front. Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849) was a prolific Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. In original paper wraps with embossed title tipped in to front. Externally, sound but with slight loss to backstrip, edgewear and marks to wraps. Front free endpaper lacking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean but with occasional spots and handling marks and foxing to reverse of frontispiece. Good . Ill.: None. Good .