A Most Provoking Girl. A Tale of the East Coast by Margaret Moyes Black. Decorated by Joseph Brown. Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, Edinburgh (undated). The book is teal green with floral decoration and a gilded emblem. The gilt on the backstrip is fading. The cover corners are bumped. There is shelf-wear, fraying and small tears on the upper and lower backstrip; as well as a tearing of the cloth at the upper backstrip and back cover connection (pictured). The book was given as an Attendance Prize for school sessions 1905-1906. The pages are mostly white throughout with very light aging. The upper corner of many pages is crushed or bent (pictured). There is a placeholder at page 282 that darkened or caused heavy toning in the gutter. There is a small tear and crushed corner at pages 270-301. 307 pages. Size: 7.75".
A Most Provoking Girl. A Tale of the East Coast by Margaret Moyes Black. Decorated by Joseph Brown. Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, Edinburgh (undated). The book is teal green with floral decoration and a gilded emblem. The gilt on the backstrip is fading. The cover corners are bumped. There is shelf-wear, fraying and small tears on the upper and lower backstrip; as well as a tearing of the cloth at the upper backstrip and back cover connection (pictured). The book was given as an Attendance Prize for school sessions 1905-1906. The pages are mostly white throughout with very light aging. The upper corner of many pages is crushed or bent (pictured). There is a placeholder at page 282 that darkened or caused heavy toning in the gutter. There is a small tear and crushed corner at pages 270-301. 307 pages. Size: 7.75".
