The White People / Frances Hodgson Burnett
Book
111 pages. Frontis, 4 inserted duotone plates.
Supernatural novella set in contemporary Scotland about a young Scotch heiress brought up in her ancestral castle, who can see ghosts ("the white people") that are unobserved by everyone else around her.
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Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Science fiction1910s
7-1/2 in
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Elizabeth Shippen Green
First
New YorkLondon
New York
United StatesEngland
North America
1917
Publisher's Binding
Turquoise blue cloth stamped with silhouette of a castle against a bright and matte gold striated sky, gold title.
Published February 1917 with code "A-R" on copyright page. First printing. Bookplate: From Miss August Hurlburt, 2528 South 22nd St. Philadelphia, Pa.
American Fiction: An Historical and Critical Survey
"Her later ventures into the supernatural, THE SECRET GARDEN (1911) and THE WHITE PEOPLE (1917) contain some of her most artistic effects." (407)