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London:: Frederick Warne & Co.,, no date [ca. 1865].. publisher's gilt red cloth.. Endsheets and half-title foxed; contents otherwise very attractive; the cloth spine is varnished and chipped at the bottom; cloth a bit soiled and worn at edges.. Large 8vo,. Hand-colored illustrations by Oscar Pletsch on each text leaf. . With Poetical Translations by L. V.

London, Frederick Warne & Co., (1867).. FIRST EDITION circa 1867 (no titles on adverts later than 1866, inscribed Dec. 25th 1868), 280 x 190 mm, 11 x 7½ inches, cloth backed pale yellow boards, repeat illustration on upper cover, engraved frontispiece with 2 images and 19 large charming engraved illustrations (uncoloured) all of sweet children, happy, sad, shy, cross, reading etc., each with descriptive verse below, printed 1 side only. Boards a bit rubbed, lightly soiled and marked, corners worn and rounded, small chip to surface and small red stain to lower cover, small light stain to upper cover at lower edge, spine slightly worn at head and tail with tiny nicks to cloth, neat inscription on front endpaper, contents otherwise bright and clean. A good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Warne; New York, Scribner and Co., (1867).. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION circa 1867, dated from inscription on another copy and titles at rear, small 4to, 280 x 185 mm, 11 x 7¼ inches, green cloth, gilt and blind decoration to upper cover, lettered on gilt panel on upper cover, all edges gilt, pages: (6), 19, printed 1 side only. Hand coloured frontispiece and 19 enchanting large HAND COLOURED illustrations by German artist Pletsch depicting young children: playing together and with toys and books, in various moods, bashful, shy, ill humoured etc., each with 8-line verse below. Originally published in Germany mid 1860s. Gilt slightly dull, corners slightly worn, 2 minute nicks to cloth at tail of spine, front inner paper hinge partly cracked, binding sound, small corner cut off front endpaper above a neat early inscription, tiny pink stain on title page, short closed tear to title page margin, short closed tears to lower edge of a few centrefolds, closed tear (80 mm, 3¼") to inner margin of page… Read More