When I posted about LM Montgomery and showed you a picture of my collection, I received a comment from Rachel who has the most super blog at http://www.books-snob.blogspot.com who said that she collects Frances Hodgson Burnett and when I said I did the same, said she would love to see a picture of my FHB pile. Never backward in coming forward, I am now obliging and here are some pics for you all to see. Do check out Rachel's blog as well which I love as she reads the same books as I do - she has just re-read Little Women for a start and she adores Virago books and Dorothy Whipple so really, she is a Kindred Spirit and one from the race that knows Joseph...
The Making of a Marchioness was originally published in two parts and while I have the Persephone edition, I simply love these. I also have another little copy picked up in Hay on Wye recently which was only £2 and looked so lonely on the shelf that I had to bring it home with me.
And, again, though I have the Persephone edition of The Shuttle, it has been edited and this wonderful copy is the full version. Don't you love this cover? This is a 1907 edition and is in marvellous nick. I picked it up for about £2 in a bookshop and inside is the inscription "To Miss Ethel Coulson with compliments of Emma Dickson - Commencement April 1910" Isn't that wonderful?
and here they all are - the sharp eyed will see multiple copies of The Secret Garden (different illustrators, Shepherd and Rackham to name but two); The Head of the House of Coombe and Robin and The Shuttle. One of my favourites is The Lost Prince one of her children's books which doesn't seem to be as well known as Garden or Fauntleroy but I simply love it. One thing to remember with FHB is that though she is famous for the Secret Garden et al, most of her books were written for adults and they are well worth tracking down.
I shall now start taking pictures of my other collections I think to thrill and delight you with - bet you can't wait....
