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(GRANVILLE; ET AL). Pictures of Comical People: With Stories About Them. For Children of All Ages.
Boston, MA: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in gilt with vignettes stamped in gilt on spine & with crosshatch pattern & multiple frames stamped in blind on both covers. The covers are bumped & rubbed with a small stain to the front cover. The gilt titling on the spine is faded. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & there is a small hole in the cloth of the mid-section. There are short tears to the joints. 364 pp. B&W frontispiece & pictorial title, plates & tail-pieces by Granville and others, engraved by J. W. Orr. The front hinge is cracked & the front endpaper is lacking. There is an owner's small stamp on the flyleaf & there is scattered staining & light foxing. Many of the stories are about animals and the book is wonderfully illustrated with engravings of animals in human dress.
Offered for US$ 45.00 by: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. - Book number: 1528
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