Author: Uncle Harry
Title: Pictures of the Past, for Little People
Description: London, Sunday School Union, 1887. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce work publisher to commemorate Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.A charming children's history work, including brief tales of the life of Queen Victoria.This work was published to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee, a monumental celebration on the life of Victoria.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eleven monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. The frontispiece is a facsimile of a watercolour done by Victorian in 1831.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, lacking some of the backstrip. Light discolouration and marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional handling mark.Frontispiece is working loose. Loss to the contents leaf. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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