What I Did
London, Castell Brothers Ltd., [circa 1904].
24mo, [32] pages with 16 full-page chromolithographic illustrations and a plain vignette (all by the author); the text is facsimile manuscript.
Flush-cut cord-bound colour-pictorial card covers; several fine scratches to the front cover, with slight surface loss to one of them; minimal signs of age and use; later ownership surname in ink on the title page; an excellent copy.
One of Ainslie's charming and outrageous peg-doll books for naughty Edwardian children. This one is an account of what happened when 'I' went to boarding school. When some of the other boarders start a pillow fight, disturbing a peg doll sleeping peacefully, the response is 'I say - dry up you fellows - here - stow it, you duffers!'.
Item #143000
Price (AUD):
$250.00