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Published by Smith, Elder, 1897, London. Green cloth hardback in ,at best, about "Fair Plus" to "Good" condition with a some loosening of front hinge, but an interesting association exemplar. Formerly the property of the sculptress Barbara (Crystal) Collingwood, with her ownership inscription, "Barbara Crystal Collingwood, February 21st. 1901", on recto of first free endpaper. This item came from the library of the church architect Janet Gnosspelius, daughter of the geologist Oscar Gnosspelius and Barbara Collingwood. Most members of the interrelated Collingwood and Gnosspelius families played inspirational parts in Arthur Ransome's writings. Arthur Ransome had once proposed to Barbara, without success, but he still dedicated Old Peter's Russian Tales (1916) to her. This item may have been part of a planned (or possibly executed) project to illustrate the novel professionally. The title page has in pencil "With illustrations by Barbara C. Collingwood", and there are the remains of tipped-in stubs throughout, on pages matching a rough list of their pagination, also in pencil, on the verso of the first free endpaper.

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