A PICTURE STORY BOOK, With Four Hundred Illustrations. The history of Dame Mitchell and her cat : The history of a nutcracker (in two parts) : Prince Hempseed and his younger sister.
Geo. Routledge and Co. London. 1850, 1850.
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (6.9 x 5.9 inches). Three stories in one volume, one in two parts, each separately paginated. iv, 74, 80, 77, 77pp. Four hand coloured full page plates and 396 smaller engravings throughout the text. Bound in late twentieth century half red calf. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. All edges gilt. Some fading to the spine but overall a very good copy of this pretty book. Uncommon in first edition.
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