This is an auction for THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Illustrated by Russell Barnett & Sally Kindberg.

From Wikipedia:

"The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in the autumn of 1910. It is one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced. Mary Lennox is a "disagreeable-looking" 10-year-old girl who was born in India to selfish wealthy British parents who had not wanted her and were too wrapped up in their own lives. She was taken care of primarily by servants, who pacified her as much as possible to keep her out of the way. Spoilt and with a temper, she is unaffectionate, angry, rude and obstinate. Later, there is a cholera epidemic which hits India and kills her mother, father and all the servants. She is discovered alone but alive after the house is empty. She briefly lives with an English clergyman and his family and is then sent to Yorkshire, England to live with her uncle Archibald Craven at his home called Misselthwaite Manor. At first, Mary is her usual self, sour and rude, disliking her uncle's large house, the people within it and most of all the vast stretch of moor. She is told that she must stay confined to her two rooms and that nobody will bother much with her and she must amuse herself. Martha Sowerby, her good-natured maidservant, tells Mary a story of the late Mrs Craven, and how she would spend hours in a private garden growing roses. Later, Mrs Craven was killed in an accident, and Mr Craven had the garden locked and the key buried..."

Hardback 1986.

220 pages.

Illustrated throughout.

Good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95.

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