The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk, Deluxe Illustrated Gift Issue, 1911

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. Illustrated by M. L. Kirk. Deluxe Illustrated Gift Issue. In original dark green cloth boards with illustrated inlay, gilt and black embossed titles and black and rose embossed floral border to front board, embossed title to spine. With new joints and linings and a new archival cloth slipcase with front inlay.  Presented is a deluxe illustrated gift issue of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The book was published in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Company, in 1911. It is illustrated with five, full-color tipped-in plates by the talented Maria L. Kirk. The book is presented in its original dark green cloth boards with illustrated inlay, gilt and black embossed titles, and black and rose embossed floral border to the front board, and embossed titles to the spine. It has new joints and lining and a new archival green cloth slipcase. Burnett’s The Secret Garden was first published in ten