THE WALLYPUG BOOK. by FARROW, G. E. Illustrated by Harry Furniss. Miniature book.:

London, Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd, (1905).. SECOND EDITION (stated on title page), circa 1905, miniature book, 79 x 79 mm, 3 x 3 inches, pale green cloth, yellow, red and black illustration to upper cover, top edges red, 83 pages. 20 very jolly lively colour plates each facing a 4 line verse, all printed on thick card, 1 side only. All the people and creatures are the subjects of King Wallypug of Why. There are dressed pigs, folk from Japan, a hippotamus, a crocodile, a salamander and a newspaper selling rabbit, all dressed. The last is Dumpsy Deazil, a pretty doll. A couple of very minor marks to cloth, a neat inscription on blank page 5, title of plate page 11 written in a small neat hand across lower corner of plate, a name written in the same hand across lower corner of plate page 35 (see images), occasional slight dusty mark to margins. A very good plus tight copy. First published undated in 1905, No. 7 in The Humpty Dumpty Books for Children series, 'The prettiest Child Books in the world'. List of 10 titles inside upper cover. Based on The Wallypug of Why 1895 by the same team. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.