MRS. MARTIN'S COMPANY AND OTHER STORIES. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1896. Small octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-218 [219-220: blank] [note: title leaf is conjugate with inserted frontispiece; last leaf is a blank], six inserted plates with illustrations by Bertha Newcombe, original pictorial gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, pictorial endpapers. First edition. A collection of Barlow's short fiction published as part of the "Iris Series," as was her earlier collection, MAUREEN'S FAIRING AND OTHER STORIES (1895). "Seven stories of a light and humorous kind, very tender in their portrayal of the hearts of the poor." - Baker. Brown, Ireland in Fiction 164. Owner's signature dated 1896 on front free endpaper. Free endpapers lightly tanned, a bright, near fine copy. (#116356).
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