Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett with color illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts
Antique illustrated hardcover sans dust jacket in very good condition.
Frontispiece has a smear and corresponding red stain on cloth. Otherwise very nice with some general wear / soiling.
Clean, tightly bound and reads very nicely with some mild water staining to upper margins along first half of book. Damage is cosmetic and does not affect text. (See photos)
Seven-year-old Cedric gets quite a shock when he is whisked away from the streets of New York to an English stately home. He gets an even bigger shock when he discovers he'll inherit a great fortune and a title. And Cedric is daunted to meet the grandfather he has never seen before, who is mean and selfish. But Cedric--now known as Little Lord Fauntleroy--is a very unusual boy, who takes it all in his stride...