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THE BOOK OF THE CHILD
Written by Mabel Humphrey. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith; Elizabeth Shippen Green.
Stock no. 1330377
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st USA 1903. Almost very good condition.

With facsimiles of drawings in colour and with stories and verses written for the pictures. Large square format (15" x 14"). Grey cloth spine, pictorial boards. Containins seven colour plates (three by each artist). Margin tear to lower edge of one text page. Covers are edge worn and grubby, corners are particularly worn. Joints are cracked but the binding is still tight. There is some light foxing but generally the contents are bright and clean. A nice copy of this very scarce item.

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THE BOOK OF THE CAT
Written by Mabel Humphrey. Illustrated by Elisabeth F. Bonsall.
Stock no. 626069
Published by Lawrence and Bullen. Circa 1901. Fair condition.

Very large format. 15 x 14". Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Beautiful full-page colour illustrations plus b/w chapter headers. Covers worn and grubby. Front joint broken, rear joint holding (just) - would benefit from being reattached to covers. Staples rusty. A few small grubby marks to margins but overall contents are lovely. REDUCED FROM £240.

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