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Published by - Sidwick & Jackson Ltd
Condition - Very Good

œ35
Published by - Sidwick & Jackson Ltd
Condition - Very Good
Size - 260x195mm
Jacket Condition -
Binding - Buckram
ISBN -
Edition - Limited/Numbered 105 of 525
Publish Year -1934

Description - In collotype facsimile from the original manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland. Edited by Arundell Esdaile of the British Museum. Marjory Fleming died in her ninth year in 1811. Nearly half a century later, H.B.Farnie, a journalist and literary hack, a native like her, of Kirkcaldy, obtained access to her journals and compiled and published in 1858 a small book of extracts entitled Pet Marjorie; a story of child life fifty years ago. In subsequent published material she has been linked to Sir Walter Scott, and in 1909 her fame spread in America by an article by Mark Twain for Harpers Bazaar. So short and simple was her life. But great is the power of literature. As we know Pepys or Johnson or Boswell or Scott or Dorothy Osbourne, so we know marjory Fleming. Ex Leeds City Library copy. Light damp stain to one plate and tissue guard (not serious). Brown buckram with some pinkisk marks to front board and spine title label needs replacing, otherwise very good.