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Author:  Baroness Orczy. Montagu Barstow.
Title: Uletka and the White Lizard. 
Publisher: London, Dean & Son, Limited, Philadelphia, New York and Chicago, Wolf & Co., no date (1895). First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6.5 " X 4 ".
Pages: 64 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine original illustrated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, gift note of a previous owner on the upper margin of the half-title page - as shown). 
Illustrations: Profusely and wonderfully illustrated by Baroness Orczy & her husband, Montagu Barstow.

Estimate: (USD 250 - USD 450)

The book: Rare and attractive First Edition of Uletka and the White Lizard by Baroness Orczy. A rare find in any condition! 

The author: Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.
Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. During World War I, she formed the Women of England's Active Service League, an unofficial organisation aimed at encouraging women to persuade men to volunteer for active service in the armed forces.