The First Christmas for Our Dear Little Ones

decorative Title Page + 15 single sided illustrated in colour pages. Condition Hardback binding good, some fading to the decorative colour front cover, moderate edge wear, spine good, complete with some fading and dirt. Rear cover good, with some dirt and moderate edge wear. Contents mostly Very Good, clean and tight, lacks front endpage, ink inscription top of title page. undated, but WorldCat libraries date it as 1875. Size 26 x 20.5 cm. Approx. All illustrated pages in good condition, first page has a very small old invisible tape repair to base, not near the text. A good childrens Victorian Christmas book by Rosa Mulholland, Lady Gilbert (1841 – 1921) born in Belfast, Ireland, encouragement from Charles Dickens. her husband was Sir John Gilbert, Upon his knighthood in 1897, Rosa assumed the title of Lady Gilbert. Please see all our illustrations of our copy, to compare. Size approx 26 x 21.25cm.