Author: Gertrude Bone
Title: The Brow of Courage
Description: London, Duckworth and Co. 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce little book comprising nine tales celebrating nature and simplicity in life. An exceptional copy in its unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, institutionally held by four libraries only. One of the additions to the Duckworth series 'The Roadmender,' including titles that express a deeper feeling for nature and render the value of simplicity in living. The Brow of Courage contains nine tales, simply and beautifully told, most of them having as a theme the inward working of the child's mind and imagination. With a haunting interest in nature that pervades the book.With a loosely inserted article column regarding this volume, dated 7/9/16. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lovely. Loosely inserted, a column from a newspaper on this volume, dated 7/9/16. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. With four pages of publisher's advertisement to the rear of the volume. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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