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The Golden Story BookLondon, Collins. circa 1930's. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original blind embossed red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, chipping to extremities, closed tears to spine, closed tear to lower front and rear panel, now protected in Brodart. Illustrated endpapers, tape residue marks, booksellers label to rear of front board. Previous owners name to half title page. Frontis: colour plate. 416pp profusely illustrated with over 200 illustrations by well-known artists. Plus 8 full coloured plates. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. A beautiful collectors copy. Contributions by Dean Swift; Edward Lear; Lord Tennyson; John Keats; John Bunyan; Washington Irving; Lewis Carroll; Charles Kingsley; H.W.Longfellow; R.M.Ballantyne; R.L.Stevenson; Francis Thompson. This is a selection from all the golden stories that delight children of today and have in the past delighted their mothers and fathers and even their grandparents. It is not for boys rather than girls, nor is it chiefly for the young rather than the old; it is a book for all children of all ages everywhere. A companion book for The Children's Wonder Book. Very Good/Very Good.
Offered for AUD 45.00 = appr. US$ 35.87 by: Eccleston Books & Curios - Book number: 002666
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