[Attwell, Mabel Lucie]

Antony and Cleopatra. 1891, with seven original ink drawings (front fixed endpaper, pp. 4, 12, 13, 40, 41 and 43), lacking front free endpaper and first leaf of first gathering; King Richard III. 1898, with original ownership ink drawing (front free endpaper), several loose leaves, binding worn, upper joint splitting; The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 1897, with original ownership ink drawing (front free endpaper), several loose leaves; all 16mo, original cloth, some spotting and browning, bindings worn (3)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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These three volumes from the "Cassell's National Library" are thought to include drawings in the hand of a teenage Mabel Lucie Attwell. Antony and Cleopatra includes a coloured drawing ("Mabel Attwell Her Book" signed "MA") and six minor ink drawings within the text. The other two volumes include the initials "MA" together with a stylised drawing of a flower. There are a number of Attwell characteristics exhibited in the drawings, although it is extremely uncommon to find the name "Lucie" omitted by the artist.