Author: H. W. Dulcken
Title: Old Nursery Tales and Famous Histories
Description: London, Ward, Lock and Tyler, c1870. Cloth. A scarce copy of Dulcken's Old Nursery Tales and Famous Histories. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Undated, presumed first. Henry William Dulcken (1832-1894). With seven colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Includes Tom Thumb, The Three Bears, Ali Baba and the Forthy Thieves, Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and Puss in Boots. In a full cloth binding, with gilt lettering and detailing. Externally, sound. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and also to the extremities. Patches of rubbing to the joints and boards. Large split to the cloth of the rear joint. Internally, generally firmly bound, with the first few pages detached but present. Pages are generally clean with the odd handling mark, mild spotting on the first and last couple of pages and the occasional spot throughout. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

Keywords: Henry William Dulcken Illustrated Children Illustrated None


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