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According to World Catalog (OCLC), Kate Greenaway contributed the illustrations for this story ("The Lost Knife"). She is not credited in this edition, but the illustrations, at least many of them, are obviously by her hand. ********************************************** This copy is an American reprint consisting of two stories bound together: "The Lost Knife", and "A Wet Afternoon" (the illustrations for which are quite similar in style). The book was published in 1884 by Dodd, Mead and Company. Again, it is a reprint . the stories (at least "The Lost Knife") were first published in England, and then there are earlier reprints issued in the United States. Indeed there are several versions of the stories . Several binding variants. As we can see from the nature of the illustrations, it is obvious that the plates for the book had been frequently, and heavily used. This was typical of popular juvenile works. ********************************************** The binding on this copy is a generic publisher's trade binding. All the same it has a charm of its own. Dressed in an embossed cloth-covered board binding, colored black on deep ultramarine (blue), the front cover design depicts a boy looking over a fence . behind him is a horse. The boy holds a riding crop. There are flowers in the foreground, and birds roost in the rafters above. The title is lettered in black beneath the boy. In the upper right corner of the front cover is a generic paper paste-down chromolithographic illustration depicting a lovely young girl. TITLE : The Lost Knife - bound with - The Wet Afternoon / AUTHOR : Anonymous - [ but: Richard Handy, as per World Catalog / ILLUSTRATED : Not credited in the book [ but : Kate Greenaway - As per World Catalog . she is not credited anywhere in this edition] / IMPRINT : Dodd, Mead and Company / PLACE : New York / DATE : (1884) / EDITION : American Reprint / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Small trade hardcover; Contains numerous line illustrations; 48 pages; 4 1/4" x 6 3/8"; deep ultramarine, cloth-covered boards; the front board is embossed with the details stamped in black. There is a chromolith paper paste-down (color illustration) in the top right corner of the front board, depicting a pretty lass dressed in shawl and bonnet. The rear cover is blank. The spine is blank. The title is lettered in black on the front. ******************************************* CONDITION - VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book that remains clean and serviceable. The book has seen much use and has cracked hinges and is considerably shaken. However no leaves are detached, and the whole remains clean and attractive, use considered / EXTERIOR : Spine extremities are compressed and moderately abraded, with fraying just starting. Joints are rubbed.Modest surface rub to boards; corner tips are softly bumped. Board edges have a few small nicks. The text-block edges are darkened. / BINDING : Much read, the text-block is shaken and hinges cracked, revealing binding thread. No leaves are detached, but the whole is considerably loosened. / INTERIOR : Scattered small smudges and spots. Paper throughout is toned. No writing, scribbling or markings.Lacks a rear free end-paper - possibly never bound with one. Seller Inventory # 1261
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