Sayings and Doings in Fairyland or Old Friends with New Faces by Sinclair, D.S. (Dorothy)

Boston: Estes and Lauriat 279 pages. No date of publication, but based on publisher's records, published sometime between 1881-1898. Gray hard cover with gilt title and depiction of a giant chicken and two little girls on the cover; gilt title on spine. Cover is very worn, frayed at top and bottom of spine. Corners bumped; some soiling and staining. Front hinge broken and rear hinge weak. Previous owner's name crossed out with marker on front pastedown. Pages are age toned with minor smudging. Cords visible at inner margin. Popular nursery rhymes in story form.. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Hardy, Paul. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.