Frances Hodgson Burnett – The Secret Garden – First Folio Society Edition 1986
£65.00
A first Folio Society edition, first printing of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published by The Folio Society, London in 1986, with drawings by Dodie Masterman throughout. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, Masterman pictorial green cloth bound boards, gilt titling to the spine, the text blocks are bright and crisp with green top stain. In light green paper bound slip case with Masterman illustration to front panel, showing signs of light shelf wear.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children’s novel about healing, friendship and transformation. It follows Mary Lennox, a lonely and spoiled girl sent to live at her uncle’s gloomy Yorkshire estate after her parents die in India. There, she discovers a hidden, neglected garden and, with the help of new friends Dickon and Colin, brings it back to life. As the garden blossoms, so do the characters, in a heart-warming tale of renewal and hope.
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A first Folio Society edition, first printing of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published by The Folio Society, London in 1986, with drawings by Dodie Masterman throughout. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, Masterman pictorial green cloth bound boards, gilt titling to the spine, the text blocks are bright and crisp with green top stain. In light green paper bound slip case with Masterman illustration to front panel, showing signs of light shelf wear.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children’s novel about healing, friendship and transformation. It follows Mary Lennox, a lonely and spoiled girl sent to live at her uncle’s gloomy Yorkshire estate after her parents die in India. There, she discovers a hidden, neglected garden and, with the help of new friends Dickon and Colin, brings it back to life. As the garden blossoms, so do the characters, in a heart-warming tale of renewal and hope.
