A Little Princess. Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe now Told for the First Time. With Original Illustrations in Colour by Harold Piffard. London: Frederick Warne, [1905]. First Edition. Pp, 302, with 5 page catalogue of new publications by Warne at rear. Publisher’s blue/grey pictorial cloth covers, with title & floral decoration in gilt to upper cover. Light shelf-wear to covers, rear joint is slightly week; contents in very good condition.

First published in 1905 and by the same author as ‘The Secret Garden’ & ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ this was another of Burnett’s classic children’s novels. It is an expanded version of the short story “Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s”, which was serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine from December 1887. A truly magical story about the power of optimism in the face of adversity, which continues to enchant readers of all ages.

Harold H. Piffard was a military painter and illustrator. Interestingly he was also a pioneering aviator.