Aunt Louisa's Germs of Kindness Comprising Home Kindness, Kindness to Animals, Santa Claus and His Works, Henny Penny

WEBSTER, George P. & VALENTINE, Laura

Published by New York McLoughlin Bros. nd (1870s), 1870

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1st Thus. 23.2 x 27.2 cm blue cloth with pictorial pastedown to the front cover, black and gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine and blind stamped decoration to the rear cover. Red stained edges,brown endpapers unpaginated (112) printed on one side of the page only with 24 full page colour lithographs. Six illustrating each tale. The six lithographs in Santa Clause and his Works are by Thomas Nast and are accompanied by 7 black and white illustrations within the text. The boards are very good with a little rubbing to the spine tips, where the cloth has a couple of tiny holes, and corners where the bottom two have been rubbed through. There is also some light marking to the image on the front cover. Internally it is clear that some restoration and repair has been carried out in the past to one page. The text page entitled The Pony in Kindness to Animals has japanese paper repairs to tears to the fore and bottom edges and has obviously been reinserted at some point. There is no cracking of the inner hinges at the front or back, but a couple of the sewn sections are a little loose where the thread has stretched and started to pull through. Two threads have pulled through on one section so that there is a gap at the gutter when opened flat, but they all feel fairly secure nonetheless. However the pages of Santa Claus and his Works are in very good condition with only a little spotting and some off-setting from the images on to the page facing. All in all a lovely book with a scarce Santa Claus story and some striking Nast images. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care. Seller Inventory # 200538

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Title: Aunt Louisa's Germs of Kindness Comprising ...

Publisher: New York McLoughlin Bros. nd (1870s)

Publication Date: 1870

Binding: Hardcover

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Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full-time booksellers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books.

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