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Melbourne & Sidney: The Lothian Book Publishing Coy., Pty., Ltd., 1916, First Edition. Publisher s blue cloth gilt titled and illustrated boards with gilt dulled to the spine, wear to the cloth and the scarce slipcase. Illustrated endpapers and the top edge gilt. With 15 tipped-in colour plates and 30 tipped-in black & white plates. Black & white vignettes to end papers and title page, numerous text illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Boards bright and generally clean, bumped to the bottom right of the front board, spine dulled with gilt darkened. Most tissue guards to colour plates creased, historic creases from folds to black and white plates at pages 17, 29, 41, 43, 59, 61, 67, 77, 79, 87, 103, and 109 and to colour plate opposite page 70 and to page 10 (large fold across most of the plate). Some slight separation at gutter to lower and upper corners in places. Closed tear to page 111/112 approximately 3 inches into text, sporadic foxing throughout, small closed tear to page 113/114 about 1 inch long without impacting text. In the original card slipcase illustrated and with titles to match the book cloth. Rubbed and worn with staples visible, closed tears to the opening. Said to be limited to 1500 copies, we can find no statement of limitation. Muir described this book as, "the most magnificent showcase of Ida's illustrations ever to appear, and certainly unique in the history of Australian children's book production". A very nice copy of a rare book, especially rare with the original illustrated slipcase. (Muir, 5592). [iv], [2], 3 - 117, [10]pp including the list of subscribers, with the tipped-in addenda at the rear. Provenance: inscription to Mrs Moffat at the front of the volume. Approximately 15 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition faded gilt titles and decoration to clean spine, spine ends creased and folded. Joints good condition worn. Corners good condition gently rubbed and worn. Boards fair to good condition cloth covered boards, with gilt titles and decoration to the front, a ding to the front board to the bottom right hand corner. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, tanned and darkened to others. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound, binding a little spongy, straining to the gutter in places. Paste downs good condition illustrated, tanned. End papers good condition illustrated, tanned, foxed subsequently. Title good condition tanned with some foxing. Pages good condition tanned with marks and foxing, tissue guarded tipped in plates with corners folded to the black and white plates, one corner folded to a colour plate, most tissue guards creased, closed tears to 2 pages (see details above). Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1916 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1679862533059
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