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THE GOLDEN PLAYBOOK

Illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson
Published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1886

THE GOLDEN PLAYBOOK
Illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson.
Stock no. 1505197
circa. 1890. Hardback. Good condition.

Comprising The Golden Alphabet, Dorothy's Dolls, Red Riding Hood's Party. Grey and blue pictorial cloth. Full-page pictures printed in colour by Edmund Evans. All edges gilt. A delightful Victorian book. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Both joints cracked. Some damp damage to contents, two pages have been stuck together on bottom margin, now torn apart causing surface paper damage to last line of text and a few other pages have surface paper damage or tears to bottom edge. Large 5.5" tear to one illustration. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Numerous pencil marks to contents. mostly short lines to blank pages. Grubby marks to contents.

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