Fair to good antiquarian condition, pretty typical for Saalfield books for children. A little larger than the Big Little Books it competed with, the spine is detached from one hinge and flapping loose. Corners are bumped, edges worn, pages toned. Shelf slant. Shaken as expected from the spine damage.

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children's novel that made a huge impact on the 19th century public, shaping everything from boys' clothing fashions to copyright law. Cedric Errol is a generous, kind, and exemplary middle-class American boy who is suddenly found to be the heir of the Earl of Dorincourt. Saying loving goodbyes to his working-class friends, Cedric goes to England together with his mother to embrace his new fortune. His grandfather, the old earl, is a bitter old man ridden with gout and a foul temper, trusting no one. However the angelic boy elicits a profound transformation in the grandfather, which not only benefits the castle household but the whole populace of the earldom. If only the old man's heart would soften toward Cedric's estranged mother, the family would be healed at last. And when another potential heir to the earldom makes a claim, it seems that everything is lost.... But all things are possible through a child's innocent trust, true friendship, and unconditional love.

The book has received four movie treatments, the first with Mary Pickford playing the lead role. This is a photoplay from the second. Later treatments were in 1980 and 1995.