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, 67 pages, variety of medium (including gouach paintings and ink sketches, lace-effect hand-coloured illustrated cards, hand-coloured and plain engravings some with titles, painting on rice paper board and fabric, some tissue-guarded, hand-written prose), variety of subject matter (including True Happiness, Salisbury Crags, le Peintre, Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lecture, Cronach, rural scenes including hop-picking), owner's loose insert (sealed illustrated colour Christmas card with titles printed on fabric), inscription to upper blank "Emily Jane Openbould on her 14th birthday Jan 19/53 Tho Stamps", very attractive collection, Original Edition , slight rubbing and cracking to lacquer on boards, much wear to spine with splits to joints, slight marking to endpapers with some foxing throughout, good condition , black lacquer papier-mache boards with 8 raised beads to corners, upper board inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gilt colour illustration, calf spine with gilt rules decoration and titles, green chequered endpapers, coloured leaves 23 x 15.5 cms Hardback ISBN: Seller Inventory # 66955
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