Author: (Cruikshank, George). Ewing, Juliana Horatia.
Title: Lob Lie-by-the-Fire, the Brownies / and Other Tales.
Description: New York: Frank Lovell & Company, n.d. [circa 1890s]. n.d. [circa 1890s]. - Small octavo, reddish brown cloth titled in brown & gilt with profuse decorations in black on the front cover & spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped & the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 268 pages plus 4-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 6 black-and-white plates by George Cruikshank, including a frontispiece. The front hinge is cracked . There are glue stains & a tear to the surface of the front pastedown, possibly where a label has been removed. There is an owner's bookplate on the front endpaper & a gift inscription on the verso of the frontispiece. The book is lightly cracked at the 2nd page of the catalog & there is light foxing & staining to the margins of a number of pages. Good. Good .

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; STORIES; LOB LIE-BY-THE-FIRE, THE BROWNIES AND OTHER TALES; JULIANA HORATIO EWING; ILLUSTRATOR; GEORGE CRUIKSHANK; PLATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.


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