Druery Cha (2 results)

Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-x [xi] xii-xiii [xiv-xvi] [1] 2-160, sixteen plates with illustrations by T. P. Collings, title page printed in green, original pictorial tan cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in red and navy blue, all edges untrimmed, brown coated endpapers. First edition. The narrator, a professor of natural sciences, is shrunk to insect size and encounters pleasure and peril while exploring his garden. "A sugarcoated natural history lesson." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 72. Bleiler (1978), p. 64. Reginald 04521. Spine panel and rear cover just a bit faded, a clean, tight, very good copy of an attractive book. (#90341).

First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-x [xi] xii-xiii [xiv-xvi] [1] 2-160, sixteen plates with illustrations by T. P. Collings, title page printed in green, original pictorial tan cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in red and navy blue, all edges untrimmed, brown coated endpapers. The narrator, a professor of natural sciences, is shrunk to insect size and encounters pleasure and peril while exploring his garden. "A sugarcoated natural history lesson." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 72. [Reference: Bleiler (1978), p. 64. Reginald 04521]. Inked gift inscription to the half title page, foxing to prelims and terminal leaves with light foxing throughout, a very clean and bright binding, a nearly fine copy. (27584).