by Boyle, Eleanore Vere
Offered here is a stunning 48 piece archive of Eleanore Vere Boyle (1825-1916), housed in a full cloth with gilt cover, likely by the publisher, a folio-size folding case which has gilt lettering "Child's Play," (originally published by Addey & Co, 1859 and one of her most famous books). With an original drawing "Here we are on Tom Tickler's ground/Picking up gold and silver!," circa 1852, pen & gray ink on paper, mounted on card, depicting a number of small girls in the countryside picking flowers, with goats and trees in the background, penciled caption lower right, sheet size 17 x 13cm, together with two other small sketches by the same artist, (truncated)