Stewart orr illustrations (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. A rather worn copy of this humorous children’s tale in rhyme and pictures, undated but ?circa 1902, 1st edition. Illustrated paper covered boards throughout, green cloth spine. Cover boards edgeworn and grubby, vertical crease to front. Some inner hinge splits but binding firm. A few small marks, larger mark to penultimate board but overall internally clean. 10 “pages†including cover boards, text printed in dark blue; 2 colour illus per page interspersed with verse. Copyright © Blackie and Son.…

FIRST EDITION (1902), oblong 4to, 245 x 305 mm, 9¾ x 12 inches, red cloth spine, colour illustrated dark turquoise boards (a boy and a rabbit flying on the backs of 2 white geese, single goose on lower cover), illustrated endpapers, pages: (26) including half-title and title page, all printed 1 side only, 24 delightful full colour full page illustrations, also printed 1 side only. Spine cloth unevenly slightly darkened, a few very light scratches to covers, edges of boards very slightly rubbed, corners very slightly worn, neat brief early inscription on half-title (see image), occasional very pale fox spots, rear pastedown slightly stained in top margin (see image 6), contents otherwise very clean, small closed tear to lower margin of Plate 2, another to lower margin of 1 text page, neatly repaired on blank side, 160 mm (6") closed vertical tear in the image of Plate 15 near left edge, almost invisible (image 7) with neat old repair on blank side (image 7). A very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured.…