Mrs Emma Raymond Pitman — Garnered Sheaves

Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dublin, Blackie & Son, 1883. Fine Binding. A charming edition of 'A Tale for Boys' in a lovely full calf binding A wonderful copy of 'Garnered Sheaves: A Tale for Boys' by Emma Raymond Pitman, a self-described 'authoress' of the nineteenth century. It contains four charming engraved plates including the frontispiece detailing the adventure story. This edition is presented in a full calf binding, with a pleasing gilded spine and edges. It contains a prize bookplate dated July 1892 denoting that the book was awarded to a Miss C. Cowper for Second Prize for Writing and Arithmetic from Ettrick Bank in Edinburgh. There is also a lovely crest signifying the publishing house Blackie & Son, a Glaswegian press, on the title page featuring the motto 'Lucem Libris Disseminamus', translating to 'We Scatter the Light of Books&apos. In a full calf binding. Externally lovely, little shelfwear to the head and tail of spine, otherwise near perfect. Prize bookplate on inside cover from Ettrick Road, Edinburgh dated 1892. Internally firmly bound, pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .