The Animals' Trip to the Sea

Clifton Bingham

Published by Ernest Nister, London, 1900

About this Item

A delightfully illustrated children's story about a voyage aboard the fictional 'S.S. Crocodile', written by Clifton Bingham and illustrated by G.H. Thompson. An early twentieth-century humorous children's story about a group of animals going to sea aboard the fictional 'S.S. Crocodile', which was traveling 'from nowhere in particular to anywhere in general'.Written by children's writer Clifton Bingham and illustrated by G.H. Thompson.Including four bright full-page illustrations and one double-page illustration in vivid colour, along with numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Collated, and lacking eight colour plates.In the publisher's original pictorial binding. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Shelf wear to the boards and a small tidemark to the rear board. Internally, binding loosening throughout, with two pages detached but present. A closed tear to the tail of the third page. Some loss to the tail of the double-paged colour illustration, and some loss to the coloured illustration titled 'In Spite of That They Were All So Ill!'. Pages are slightly age-toned to the extremities, with a few handling marks and spots, but are otherwise clean. Good Only. Seller Inventory # 838J6

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Animals' Trip to the Sea

Publisher: Ernest Nister, London

Publication Date: 1900

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: G.H. Thompson

Condition: Good Only

Book Type: book