Author: Andrew W. Tuer [ed]
Title: Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children&Apos;S Books
Description: London, The Leadenhall Press, 1898-9. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of children's illustrations and stories from various forgotten children's books. The first edition. Illustrated profusely throughout with four hundred monochrome illustrations including a frontispiece, illustrated title page, vignettes and plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original gilt cloth. This collection of artwork and pages from children's books was collected by Andrew W. Tuer and aims to preserve the artwork and texts from works that may have been lost to time or forgotten. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with a slight lean, bumping to the extremities, small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine, light fading to the gilt details and the odd slight mark to the boards. Front hinge tender and rear hinge starting with offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers with a 1 inch closed tear to the front free endpaper. Internally, the binding from the front free endpaper to the frontispiece is weak with the remainder of the pages generally firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None stated. Very Good .

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