Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books
Andrew W. Tuer
1898-9
Leadenhall Press
8vo
Description:
First edition of Andrew W. Tuer's Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books, published in London by the Leadenhall Press. A famous anthology of early children's literature, it reproduces in facsimile some four hundred woodcuts and engravings with extracts from the original text, taken from upwards of a hundred children's books of the late eighteenth century to the 1830s, many of them from Tuer's own collection.
Condition:
Very Good Condition. Blue cloth with gilt upper board decoration. Binding is firm and contents are clean. Previous owner inscription to front end paper. Book has been professionally recased with new headbands and pastedowns. Repairs to spine ends. Boards are clean with minor wear to board.
Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books
Andrew W. Tuer
1898-9
Leadenhall Press
8vo
Description:
First edition of Andrew W. Tuer's Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books, published in London by the Leadenhall Press. A famous anthology of early children's literature, it reproduces in facsimile some four hundred woodcuts and engravings with extracts from the original text, taken from upwards of a hundred children's books of the late eighteenth century to the 1830s, many of them from Tuer's own collection.
Condition:
Very Good Condition. Blue cloth with gilt upper board decoration. Binding is firm and contents are clean. Previous owner inscription to front end paper. Book has been professionally recased with new headbands and pastedowns. Repairs to spine ends. Boards are clean with minor wear to board.
