The White People / Frances Hodgson Burnett

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The White People / Frances Hodgson Burnett

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.332

Description

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.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Science fiction, 1910s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Illustrator

Elizabeth Shippen Green

Edition

First

Publisher

Harper & Brothers

Place Published

City

New York, London

State/Province

New York

Country

United States, England

Continent

North America

Date Published

1917

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Turquoise blue cloth stamped with silhouette of a castle against a bright and matte gold striated sky, gold title.

Notes

Published February 1917 with code "A-R" on copyright page. First printing. Bookplate: From Miss August Hurlburt, 2528 South 22nd St. Philadelphia, Pa.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

American Fiction: An Historical and Critical Survey

Notes

"Her later ventures into the supernatural, THE SECRET GARDEN (1911) and THE WHITE PEOPLE (1917) contain some of her most artistic effects." (407)