THE MAN WHO SPOILED THE MUSIC AND OTHER STORIES

by Mark Guy Pearse

$65 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

London: Charles H. Kelly, 1892. Octavo, illustrations by Charles Tresidder, original decorated blue cloth. First edition. A collection of short fiction by a Methodist minister who wrote a large quantity of didactic fiction for young readers. Several of the stories have nautical settings. Hairline crack along inner rear hinge, still a sound, very good copy. #113664

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