Author: The Boy's Own Library
Title: THE BOY'S SPRING BOOK + THE BOY'S SUMMER BOOK + THE BOY'S AUTUMN BOOK + THE BOY'S WINTER BOOK Descriptive of the Season, Scenery, Rural Life, and Country Amusements.
Description: London, Chapman & Hall 1847, 1846,1847,1847 Engraved and Printed colour frontispiece to each volume byHenry Vizetelly Bros. & Co. +35 + 36 + 35 +34 woodengravings by Vizatelly and others. . 4 Volumes 12mo brown blindstamped and gilt decorated covers and spine titles [2 volumes rebacked with original spines relaid + 2 volumes with partial splits to hinges but covers entirely securely attached. [Summer volume has some staining and head and foot of spine are a bumped as are corners and some edges/wrinkling of cloth and some creasing towards lower area of the Wummer volume/a few minor marks to the other volumes] Each volume has a different frontis and different colored decorative floral half title + a printed titlepage. All of these three leaves have some browning and foxing and the summer page has a small marginal loss not touching print. The winter frontispiece is browned and slightly chipped to the fore-edge.Spring [8p] +120pp +4pp of publisher's adverts. Summer [8pp] +124pp +2 +8 +4pp adverts. Autumn [8pp] +124pp +4pp adverts Winter [8pp] +124pp + 4pp of adverts.All volumes have ink names to front free endpapers.The Summer volume has some creasing to the text pages

Keywords: Boys' Country Amusements


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