Author: Maggie Browne [Margaret Andrewes]
Title: Wanted - a King; or How Merle Set the Nursery Rhymes to Rights
Description: London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming fantasy story for children, complete with illustrations throughout. First edition. Scarce. Illustrated throughout. An Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-type story, featuring nursery rhymes and many of their characters, which the heroine, Merle, encounters in a place called Endom. The story occurs as she dreams while in bed recovering from a fall. Written by Maggie Browne, the pen-name of Margaret Andrewes, an English author of fiction and non-fiction children's books. Illustrated by Harry Furniss, a British illustrator. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge tender. Internally, generally firmly bound with pages 17 to 32 held by cords only. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Good . Ill.: Harry Furniss. Good .

Keywords: Wanted King Merle Nursery Rhymes King Furniss Harry Furniss


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