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The Children's Christmas Treasury of Things New and Old
Edward Hutton; Various
[1905]
J. M. Dent & Co; E. P. Dutton & Co : London; New York
10.5" by 8"
207, [1pp]
SUMMARY
A very scarce illustrated festive treasury for children, a charming and colourful work edited by Edward Hutton.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
A very scarce first edition.
Edward Hutton's charming treasury for children, a festive work compiling a selection of tales.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-one full-paged and in-text colour illustrations, and monochrome illustrations.
Collated, complete.
Authors included in this volume are E. V. Lucas, Victor Hugo, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Lamb, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Nesbit, Evelyn Sharp, and more, with tales including 'The Monkey's Revenge', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'La Fleur et le Papillon', 'The White Persian', 'Santa Claus' Little Ways', and more, with a total of twenty-nine tales.
Illustrations contributed by Arthur Rackham, W. H. Robinson, Winifred Green, and more.
Edited by Edward Hutton, a notable author who is better remembered today for his travel works, many of which focuses on Italy.
Undated, dated from Jisc, from a copy held at the British Library.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's decorative cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light marks and discolouration, as is usual with white cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing to the boards, with a small amount of loss to the rear board. Small chip to the rear joint. Front hinge is strained. Internally, binding is a little strained in places. Lacking the front endpaper. Pages are bright and clean, with a few occasional spots and handling marks.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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