MORE PLEASANT SURPRISES for chicks of all sizes.
NISTER MOVABLE. Verses by Fred E. Weatherly and others, including Clifton Bingham.
Published by London Ernest Nister printed in Bavaria, 1893
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FIRST EDITION inscribed neatly on front endpaper Christmas 1893, 325 x 260 mm, 13 x 10 inches, red cloth backed glazed boards, pretty chromolithographs to upper cover, lower cover plain, original floral endpapers, 8 coloured plates of charming transformational pictures, divided into horizontal slats with a tab at the lower edge which is pulled to make a completely different coloured picture. 11 pages of verses with black and white vignettes. Expertly restitched, lower cover dusty and a little scratched, head and tail of spine and corners just very slightly worn, 1 small scratch to upper cover, small tear to corner of front endpaper neatly repaired, 4 plates have 1 or 2 small closed tears to the frame, all repaired, all movables working, some tabs possibly renewed, a little very light spotting to some margins. A good copy. The first plate changes from Little Jack Horner to Little Miss Muffet, the others depict sweet little children. Montanaro, Volume I, page 180. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 47267
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Title: MORE PLEASANT SURPRISES for chicks of all ...
Publisher: London Ernest Nister printed in Bavaria
Publication Date: 1893
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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MORE PLEASANT SURPRISES for chicks of all sizes.
Published by
London Ernest Nister printed in Bavaria, 1893
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
FIRST EDITION inscribed neatly on front endpaper Christmas 1893, 325 x 260 mm, 13 x 10 inches, red cloth backed glazed boards, pretty chromolithographs to upper cover, lower cover plain, original floral endpapers, 8 coloured plates of charming transformational pictures, divided into horizontal slats with a tab at the lower edge which is pulled to make a completely different coloured picture. 11 pages of verses with black and white vignettes. Expertly restitched, lower cover dusty and a little scratched, head and tail of spine and corners just very slightly worn, 1 small scratch to upper cover, small tear to corner of front endpaper neatly repaired, 4 plates have 1 or 2 small closed tears to the frame, all repaired, all movables working, some tabs possibly renewed, a little very light spotting to some margins. A good copy. The first plate changes from Little Jack Horner to Little Miss Muffet, the others depict sweet little children. Montanaro, Volume I, page 180. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 49564
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