Basis for a number of films, most notably the 1936 adaptation starring Freddie Bartholomew and the 1980 film starring Alec Guinness, Rick Schroder, Eric Porter, Connie Booth, Patrick Stewart, and John Welsh. Pierpoint Morgan Library, Children’s Literature 244. Nonetheless, it became one of the best-selling books of all time on both sides of the Atlantic, and spawned dozens of theatrical and film interpretations” (Silvey, 106). But his characteristic velvet suit with Vandyke collar, a fashion of the day, was forced upon many real-life boys who then looked upon the novel with disfavor. (Little Lord Fauntleroy was originally published as a serial. “It is unfortunate that Cedric Fauntleroy, the charming American grandson of a crusty English earl, has been stereotyped as a sissy, for he is a charming and resourceful child. LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY Vol.3: English and French THIS EDITION: This is Volume 3 of 3. Little Lord Fauntleroy is the first childrens novel written by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. Nicholas Magazine (November 1885-October 1886), Burnett’s book “earned wide praise on its publication enthusiastic reviewers included Louisa May Alcott, and among its English admirers was Gladstone” (Carpenter & Prichard, 316). Housed in a custom cloth chemise and clamshell case.įirst published as a serial in St. In excellent condition with light wear to the extremities.
Octavo, original pictorial tan cloth, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates. $1,600.00 Item Number: 84388įirst edition, first issue with printer’s device on page, 14 pages of publisher’s advertisements bound in back, and signature mark 12, indicating first issue.
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