London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, nd.(c.1900s).. By the author of "Laddie", "Tip-Cat", "Our Little Ann", "Pen", "Dear". Pp.92, line drawing frontispiece by Edith Ellison, browning to endpapers and spotting to closed page edges. Dark blue/green cloth with 'art nouveau' blind-stamped and gilt decorated title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+. ** Evelyn Whitaker (1844 - 1929) was an English novelist. Whitaker was born in Herne Bay, Kent and died in Hammersmith, London at the age of 84. She remained a spinster all her life often living with one or more of her sisters. All her works were published anonymously and the identity of the author of Tip Cat was not revealed until after her death. Her nineteen novels and several shorter stories were issued by multiple publishers in Britain, Australia, Canada and the United States from 1879-1915. Many of these editions were beautifully bound and illustrated. The novels were intended for children and young adults but were also widely read by adults, particularly women."(wki).

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Bookseller: Chilton Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 38937
Title: Miss Toosey's Mission.
Author: ANON. [Evelyn Whitaker].:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, nd.(c.1900s).
Keywords: evelyn whitaker miss tooseys mission victorian moral fiction 34135 0
Bookseller catalogs: FICTION / VICTORIAN;

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Chilton Books are secondhand and antiquarian booksellers Established in 2017 we sell all kinds of antiquarian and second-hand books. We have around 16,000 books on-line and still more titles on-site. We are principally mail order and internet traders without a high street shop front, but visitors are welcome to see our stock housed in a large purpose built store room. We are situated on the outskirts of the old town of Sudbury in the Suffolk Countryside. Please call first.

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