1880 Illustrated Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales. 1st Edition

REF: ES1474 / LA337733

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Description

ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN GILBERT, JOHN TENNIEL, HARRISON WEIR WALTER CRANE AND OTHERS. PUBLISHED BY GEORGE ROUTLEDGE, LONDON CIRCA 1880. FIRST EDITION HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL GILT DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, ALMOST EVERY PAGE HAS ILLUSTRATIONS AMONG TEXT IN BLACK & WHITE PLUS A NUMBER OF FULL PAGE COLOUR & BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 7 INCHES WITH 320 PAGES. A SCARCE ILLUSTRATED BOOK STILL IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED BINDING

measurements

Height:

9 in

Width:

7 in

declaration

Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1880 Illustrated Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales. 1st Edition (LA337733) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being Circa 1880

condition

VERY SLIGHT FADING TO GILT ON COVER, LIGHT WEAR AT TOP OF SPINE, FEW MINOR MARKS TO REAR BOARD, INSCRIPTION DATED 1889 TO FRONT ENDPAPER, CORNERS BUMPED, VERY ODD PAGE WITH SMALL CREASE TO CORNER MARGIN, OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH PAGES PRETTY CLEAN & BRIGHT