Rhymes for the Young Folk
London: Cassell and Company, Limited [1887], 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. [14], 15-75, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over red illustrated paper boards with the front board printed in white, black, and green, a decoration on the rear board in black; all edges red. Black endpapers and pastedowns. In-text and full-page black and white and color illustrations (four color) by Helen Allingham, Kate Greenaway, Caroline Paterson, and Harry Furniss. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Schuster & Engen 169. Thomson 3. Bound without the publisher's catalog, both Thomson and Schuster and Engen's bibligoraphies call for black endpapers. Very Good. Item #000015294
Rubbing to the boards' edges and corners, some loss to the bottom two corners, some foxing to the textblock. With the blindstamp of W.H. Smith & Son Subscription Library in the Strand, a railway bookstall in England active during the Victorian era.
Price: $150.00