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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. EARLY EDITION 1852, 12mo, 150 x 105 mm, 6 x 4 inches, green shiny card covers with green and brown floral border, vignette to lower cover, pale yellow endpapers, 35 pages. LACKING 1 PLATE, present are the frontispiece and 4 only of 5 wood engraved plates. Story of Wilful who comes to a dire end after believing he was wiser than his farmyard companions. Covers rubbed, spine paper missing, old inscription on front endpaper, large closed tear to title page neatly repaired, 1 page reinserted with small repaired tear to margin. A good copy, lacking 1 plate as noted. Osborne Volume II, 1005. First published in 1846. A sequel, Miss Peck's Adventures, was published in 1848. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decoarative cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 367 pages; Physical desc. : xvi, 367p ; 22cm. Includes bibliographical references. Subject: Money -- Great Britain -- History. Currency question -- Great Britain. Pages unopened. 3 Kg.