Moyse, Charles E.

ELLA LEE; Glimpses Of Child Life. Inscribed.

London: Elkin Mathews, 1910.

W. H. Dyer. 1st Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Signed by Author. "When over-wrought I muse on life. / What now it gives, what now receives, / I open childhood's earliest book, / And con, refreshed, its simple leaves". Moyse, Charles E. ELLA LEE; Glimpses Of Child Life. Inscribed. London: Elkin Mathews, 1910. First Edition. Publisher's gilt-lettered dark mossy green cloth, cream coloured endpapers. 8vo., 43pp. A near fine example showing modest use with a bit of soiling to the bottom edge of the upper cover, old tide marks to the bottom edge of several page. Neatly inscribed on the ffe.: "Madame Julie [Serech] with the author's kindest regards / Montreal /Jan.18th 1911" . With twelve full page black & white illustrations by W. H. Dyer. Very uncommon. While modern reprints abound, first editions are rarely encountered. From TBCL's Children's Bookshelf.

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