![]() ![]() ![]() Lucas who agreed to publish it as the fourth title in his series of The Dumpy Books for Children " (Schiller, p. The author never intended the book for publication, but through the encouragement of her children and friends the manuscript was shown to E.V. Bannerman wrote her stories to entertain her own children. IMPORTANT AND RARE FIRST EDITION AND A VERY WELL PRESERVED COPY OF THIS CHILDREN S CLASSIC. viii, 57,, , A very nice copy, light aging and touch-ups to the binding, a very well preserved copy with little evident wear, corners, head and tail all in very nice condition, the textblock clean and tight. ![]() Morocco backed clamshell box with the spine printing in gilt. 16mo, publisher s original light green cloth lettered and decorated in dark green, the upper cover and spine with ruled borders and vertical stripes and author and title printed in compartments. Illustrated in color throughout with twenty-seven full-page illustrations by the author, engraved on wood and color-printed by Edmund Evans. ![]()
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