Author: Edward Augustus Kendall
Title: Burford Cottage and Its Robin-Red Breast
Description: London , Thomas Tegg, 1835. First edition. Vellum. A beautiful children's book narrated from the perspective of animals. The first edition. Handsomely bound in a quarter vellum. A beautifully written children's book by Edward Augustus Kendall. The plot employs new narrative techniques that place the narrative focus on the animals. Kendall represented animals in new ways by giving them a voice, his work is the precursor for the Water Babies and Wind in the Willows. This copy includes a frontispiece and title page vignette created by Devenport. Bound in a quarter vellum. Externally generally smart. Internally firmly bound. Marginal age toning. Spotting to the first and last few pages otherwise fairly clean with only a few scattered spots. Pencil annotation to the first leaf. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Robin Red Breast Literature Burford Cottage Literature None


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