A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1893. Edition de Luxe, number 112 of 250 copies. 8vo, 210pp. Illustrated with 60 designs, including 19 full-color plates mounted on Japanese vellum, and vignettes by Walter Crane, including head and tailpieces in several pastel colors. Bound in publisher's blind and gilt-decorated parchment over boards, illustrated endpapers, t.e.g. Some rubbing and soiling to boards, edge of front endpaper lightly chipped, some toning to page edges. Contemporary ownership signature of F.L. Dunne to verso of frontis plate. A very good or better copy of this luxurious publication.
Beautifully preserved de Luxe edition of the Crane-illustrated Wonder Book. A lavish production, scarce, and when found, generally in poor condition. Item #9525
Price: $950.00