Frances Hodgson Burnett / Charles Robinson (ill) - The Secret Garden - 1911

"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett and illustrated by Charles Robinson - William Heinemann, London - 1911 first UK edition first printing - 18cmx15cm - condition: good, publishers green cloth boards, title & line drawing in gilt to upper cover, spine richly decorated in floral gilt motifs. Rubbing and wear to boards and spine ends, some page foxing, all plates present, Illustrated with eight plates in colour, each with a titled tissue-guards. Rare first edition

The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in The American Magazine (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English children's literature. The American edition was published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company with illustrations by M. L. Kirk, and the British edition by Heinemann with illustrations by Charles Robinson.[1][5] Several stage and film adaptations have been made of The Secret Garden.