Playtime Stories by Victorian children's book - [1903]: Mounted on linen - untearable

New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1879. Published 1879. Very worn collection of short children's stories illustrated with engravings. Color illustrated hardcover, brown cloth spine, 128 pages. Covers worn and chipped, short spine tear at front joint, hinges cracked, front free endpaper removed, pages a little age-toned, many of the illustrations partially colored with crayon or marked with pencil, some crayoning to a few text pages, no significant chips or tears, dampstains throughout. All readable, many of the engravings untouched, but a reading copy only.. Hard Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London and New York: W. B. Conkey Company, 1894. Published 1894. Collected stories illustrated with line drawings and engravings, with pages printed in either red, green or blue ink. Pictorial boards with dark blue cloth spine, unpaginated, about 100 pages. Covers chipped at the edges but still bright and attractive, joints cracked (cosmetic, not structural), pages age-toned and a bit brittle with some small edge chips and tears, long closed tear to front free endpaper, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., 1890. Undated, ca. 1890. Includes four full color lithographed plates as well as other illustrations in photogravure. Pictorial boards with brown cloth spine, about forty pages. Covers chipped and soiled, spine covering coming away from contents near the top, hinges cracked, pages brittle with some minor edge chipping, two short closed tears to inner margin of the frontis plate (not affecting printed area), name on front free endpaper. Three of the four plates in about fine condition.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.