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The girl from the North-west / by E.E. Cowper ... ; illustrated by H. Coller.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 5739
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cowper, E. E. (Edith Elise), author.
Contributor:
Coller, H. (Illustrator), illustrator.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Girls--Juvenile fiction.
Girls.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans.
Adventure stories.
West Devon (England)--Juvenile fiction.
West Devon (England).
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
319, [1] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Manufacture:
Glasgow : Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd.
Place of Publication:
London ; and Glasgow : Blackie and Son Limited, [between 1938 and 1940]
Summary:
Adventure story of a girl from the Athabasca district in West Devon, England.
Notes:
Terminus post quem for publication date from latest date of first publication of works advertised on back flap of dust jacket; terminus ante quem from manuscript gift inscription dated "Xmas 1940" on front free endpaper of Penn Libraries Schimmel Collection copy.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy has dated 20th-century manuscript gift inscription ("To. Frances From. Ralph. Wishing you a happy Xmas. 1940") on front free endpaper.
Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
OCLC:
1269217093

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