R Randolph Caldecott (32 results)
Language: English
Published by Merrimack Publishing, New York
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Undated reproduction of the original Randolph Caldecott published by George Routledge in 1880 - this reprint by Merrimack Publishing, printed in Hong Kong, is numbered 1844S. 8vo, illustrated stiff wraps, 32 pages, full page color illustrations and b/w drawings. Condition: VERY…GOOD: slight edgewear, faint crease and a few faint spots to front cover.
Language: English
Published by Merrimack Publishing, New York
- Softcover
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Undated reproduction of the original Randolph Caldecott published by George Routledge in 1881 - this reprint by Merrimack Publishing, printed in Hong Kong, is numbered 1849-S. 8vo, illustrated stiff wraps, 32 pages, full page color illustrations and b/w drawings. Condition: VERY… GOOD: slight edgewear, crease to bottom corner of front cover.
Published by Frederick Warne & Company ca. 1900-1910, London & New York, 1900
- Softcover
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. Condition: Fair. Covers are detached from the pages but present. Covers are barely attached to each other. Front cover has a partial cup-ring. Covers are somewhat darkened. First page is lightly smudged, last page is slightly smudged. Other content pages are clean and bright. ; Approx. 8" wide by 9". Page count includ…es the covers. Some color illustrations. ; 32 pages.
More imagesPublished by Frederick Warne and Co., London and New York, 1880
- Hardcover
Seller: Counterpane Books, Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.Counterpane Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. c.1890 printing (n.d.) hardcover, bound in pictorial green cloth, is in Poor condition, having wear to top and bottom spine; evidence of ancient water staining on back cover and throughout book; surface and edge wear to covers and spine; some shaking to binding. Illustrated with color plate… drawings, and sepia drawings by Caldecott. Wonderful images. The water-staining seems to be just at the page edge, and doesn't impact the illustrations. Poetry for children. Classics. British. DB.
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Published by Frederick Warne & Co., Inc., London, England, 1879
- Hardcover
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The first in what would become a series of delightfully illustrated picture books for young readers in Victorian England, each containing 4 stories with pen-and-ink sketches & numerous full-color plates. Caldecott's work would later be honored with the creation of the annual award for child…ren's book illustration that bears his name. No date, though orig. published in 1879. Unpaginated (approx 130 pages). Hardcover book is an EX-LIB copy from a migrant preschool in Alamo, Texas, with stamps & markings in front & rear. Light cream-yellow reinforced binding with decoration to front cover. Exterior shows soil & remains of old call number sticker to spine; outside edges of text block soiled. Interior is generally quite clean: all illustrations are present, clean, & unmarked, though 5 pages show tearing. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Caldecott, R.[Randolph] (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Frederick Warne & Co, London, UK
- Hardcover
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United KingdomBookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Undated. 24pp, with colour plates and in-text black and white illustrations. Pictorial cloth-covered boards, text block edges sprayed red. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends. Free endpapers starting to tan; gutters cracked and strained, volume loose; pages…tanning. Otherwise, internally neat and clean. R C (illustrator).
Published by Frederick Warne & Co n/d
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketSquare super octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
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Add to baskethardcover in d/w (ex libris), all our specials have minimal dewcription to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
Published by Warne
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Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United KingdomPeakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good+. Square large 8vo; not a modern copy but we can't find a date; small piece missing from the spine (shown in picture on our site and abe) ; internally the condition is vg; ; Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).
Published by Frederick Warner & Co., Ltd
- Hardcover
Seller: Deja Vu Books, Poplar Grove, IL, U.S.A.Deja Vu Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Small pictorial hardcover binding ( 4.75" x 5.5") clean square and tight. Dustjacket clean and crisp, just minor siling and shelfwear. 1940s edition. 1942 Christmas dedication with previous owner name on half-title page. Price on dj flap - 60 cents. Contains thre…e hunting tales with great illustrations in color and black and white: The Diverting History of John Gilpin by William Cowper; The Three Jovial Huntsmen, a Mother Goose rhyme; and An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith. Delightful little book! Size: 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Caldecott, Randolph (illustrator).
Published by Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions,, 1988
- Hardcover
Seller: Little Owl Books, Norwich, NORFO, United KingdomLittle Owl Books
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Landscape hardcover, glazed pict. bds, Near Fine, sl. bumps in places to bd edges, spine v. sl. sunned, contents fine, bright and tight with lovely colour illustrations, no inscriptions, pp24.
Published by Frederick Warne, London
- Hardcover
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdombeckfarmbooks
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Add to basketIllustrated boards. Condition: Good. None. Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books. Not dated. In square crown 4to., picture covers, with numerous colour plates. 24 pages to include boards. Some water staining. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Frederick Warne & Co., Inc., London, England, 1879
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Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The first in what would become a series of delightfully illustrated picture books for young readers in Victorian England, each containing 4 stories with pen-and-ink sketches & numerous full-color plates. Caldecott's work would later be honored with the creation o…f the annual award for children's book illustration that bears his name. No date, though orig. published in 1879. Square crown quarto (8.5" x 9.25") has light blue-gray cloth-covered boards intricately decorated with scenes from the stories without, lettered in bright orange & black to front & spine. Though this is an EX-LIB copy, it has minimal markings: 2 school stamps & a call number to base of spine on both book & DJ. The DJ was taped to the book, & has left 4 discolored marks, top & bottom, to exterior boards & inside both covers. The book is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & unmarked with mild tanning to page edges. The old library mylar has been carefully removed & replaced with new & the DJ is in Near Fine condition, with a very shallow crease to lower front cover, slight shadow from an old price sticker at top-outer-right edge of cover illustration, & paper call number to lower spine. Condition is VG-: very clean inside with pages mildly tanned, unmarked except for old gift inscription to ffep & name in big black marker to all outside page edges, along with light soil. Corners crisp, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. The price-clipped DJ is VG+: colorful & bright, with very mild rubbing to extremities; protected by former owner in clear nonreflective mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Caldecott, R.[Randolph] (illustrator).
Published by Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd, London & New York, 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United KingdomExcalibur Books
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Add to basketPictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Undated Edition, circa 1940. Beautifully illustrated with many Full-page Coloured Plates and Full page & In-Text Illustrations. Illustrated Endpapers & Vignette illus on title page. 88 p.pages,5 1/2" tall. No inscriptions. Very small tear at bottom left corner…of spine. Jacket has 3 small closed edge tears ( about 1/2" long) and tiny bits missing at top right corner and top of spine. Jacket clipped. Caldecott, Randolph and Evans, E ( Engraver ) (illustrator).
Published by Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd, London & New York, 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United KingdomExcalibur Books
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Add to basketPictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Undated Edition, circa 1940. Beautifully illustrated with many Full-page Coloured Plates and Full page & In-Text Illustrations. Illustrated Endpapers & Vignette illus on title page. 88 p.pages. Ladscape format, 5 1/2" x4 3/4". No inscriptions. Bottom of spine b…umped. Jacket has a long closed tear on front (repaired from inside with clear tape). Smaller tear on back with a piece missing from top edge. Original price 2/6 with 3/- label overlaid. Caldecott, Randolph and Evans, E ( Engraver ) (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Frederick Warne, 1900
- Hardcover
Seller: Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, United KingdomBird's Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Square 8vo. Blue card covered boards with tipped in colour illustration on front cover. Upper edge green. Undated early hardcover edition circa 1900. This has been a well loved book! Part of outer spine missing, mark on rear board. Tear and piece missing from pictorial front endpaper. A little foxing…throughout, but generally the inner book is very clean. A piece missing from corner of one page (see pictures) and a minor tear. All plates present and very clean. Caldecott, Randolph (illustrator).
Published by Frederick Warne, London, 1900
- Hardcover
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Early Printing. Paginated in parts (approx 200pp), num bw & col ills. Attractive pictorial cloth in browns on gray. Bookdseller label inside front cover, prev owner name on front free endpaper, front hinge cracking. Includes The Milkmaid; Hay Diddle Diddle, and Baby Bunting; The Fox Jumps Over t…he Parson's Gate; A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go; Come Lasses and Lads; Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross, and A FArmer Went a Trotting Upon His Grey Mare; Mrs. Mary Blaze; The Great Panjandrum Himself. Size: Oblong 4to.
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Seller: Studibuch, Stuttgart, GermanyStudibuch
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hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. 165 Seiten; 9780912882307.4 Gewicht in Gramm: 500. R. Caldecott (illustrator).
Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London
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Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United KingdomSt Marys Books And Prints
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Add to basketHardback. R Caldecotts Picture Books Original pictorial card covers depicting a milkmaid Covers a little browned Rubbing to edges causing a little scuffing and loss of cover esp to spine Contents becoming detached from spine and covers hinges loose Contents clean delightfully illustrated pp 22. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).…book.
More imagesPublished by Frederick Warne & Co. [c1943?], London, 1943
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Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New ZealandRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Some wear to tips of corners of boards. Small bookseller's ticket on front endpaper.; Undated reprint, 1940s. Small sized edition. 87, [2] pages. Illustrated papered boards. Page dimensions: oblong 135 x 110mm. Illustrations in colour and black-and-white.
More imagesPublished by Published by George Routledge & Son [1883], London and New York, 1883
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Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United KingdomKeoghs Books
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Add to basket, containing: Where are you Going my Pretty Maid?, Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting, A Frog he Would A-Wooing Go, & The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate, each with approx 22 pages, 24 full page colour illustrations, plus black & white text illustrations First Collected Edition , foxing to covers, some insect damage to front jo…int but holding firm, internally clean with nice plates, book in good condition , white cloth with red & black printed illustrations and titles 21 x 24 cm Hardback ISBN.
Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, New York
- Hardcover
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.Bryn Mawr Bookstore
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Two volumes. Both about fine in illustrated cloth boards. No date. With the wonderful full-page color plates, and many drawings in sepia. Dust jackets show some toning and small chjips and tears to edges. Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).
Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London
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Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United KingdomExcalibur Books
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. "Containing: The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House that Jack built; The Elegy on the death of a Mad Dog; Babes in the Wood; The tghree Jovial Huntsmen; Sing a song for Sixpence; The Queen of Hearts; the Farmer's Boy." Undated Edition, circa late 19th C. Rebound in plain Blac…k cloth. Beautifully illustrated with many Full-page Coloured Plates and Full page & In-Text Illustrations. Stories individually paginated, Book is over 1" thick. 9" Tall, 980g. No inscriptions. Occasional very light spot of foxing. One small blue crayon mark on one page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Caldecott, Randolph and Evans, E ( Engraver ) (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, 1917
- Hardcover
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United KingdomBrian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books
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Add to basketCloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1917 or somewhat later edition as Warne became a limited company in 1917. Very good condition, tight, pictorial cloth binding and very good, tight, clean text, with no inscriptions. Very light age-toning of blank end papers. Many excellent coloured illustrations. See photographs of t…his copy attached. (H-11). Randolph Caldecott (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York
- Hardcover
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United KingdomOld Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA
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Add to basketIllustrated Green Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Published. [Circa 1896], (iv), The Diverting History of John Gilpin: 31pp; The House that Jack Built: 30pp; Elegy on a Mad Dog: 31pp; The Babes in the Wood: 31pp; The Three Jovial Huntsmen: 31pp; Sing a Song for Sixpence: 31pp; The Queen… of Hearts: 31pp; The Farmer's Boy: 31pp, illustrated with some black & white drawings in text and beautiful chromolithograph plates, occasional foxing to prelims, end matter and edges but pages clean for the most part, some pages browned, patterned endpapers with book plate, spine starting to crack at title page of Babes in the Wood, p21 of the Diverting History of John Gilpin has a tear with loss to bottom edge, green cloth with bevelled edges, front cover illustrated in red black and brown with gilt lettering, gilt spine lettering and decoration, corners a little frayed, top and bottom of spine also - a very attractive book with lovely illustrations. Size: 8vo. R Caldecott; E Evans (illustrator). Illustrated; Children.
Published by Frederick Warne N.D.
- Hardcover
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.Novel Ideas Books & Gifts
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Nice copy with minor cover wear. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall.
Published by George Routledge & Sons c.1880, 1880
- Hardcover
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.Novel Ideas Books & Gifts
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. The first eight issues of Caldecott's picture book series bound complete with covers into a three-quarter red leather volume. Each booklet bears owner name. Minor dege trimming in the binding process. The cover of the John Gilpin story has a crease line through the cover -- other… issuse are very good or better. Leather binding is very good.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. Illustrated by (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by George Routledge and Sons, 1890
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- First Edition
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. Very Good, first edition, no date [c.1890] color illustrations and drawings slight soiling on front cover.
More imagesPublished by Frederick Warne and Co. 1880-1895, London, 1880
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. Two volumes, each comprising eight of Randolph Caldecott's colourfully illustrated children's books, with the original wraps bound in. Sixteen volumes rebound in two volumes in cloth bindings, with gilt detailing to the spines. Bookplate of Oscar Boulton to the front paste down. Illustrated with seven col…our plates to each volume of Volume I and six colour plates to each volume of Volume II. Collated, complete. Eight volumes in each volume from the 'Picture Books' series of children's books by Randolph Caldecott, published every Christmas for eight years and sold for a shilling each. Each title features the original colourful wraps bound in with colour plates and black and white illustrations in text. With the publisher's advertisements to the rear of the wraps.Volume I comprises: The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House that Jack Built; The Babes in the Wood; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog; The Three Jovial Huntsmen; Sing a Song for Six Pence; The Queen of Hearts; and The Farmer's Boy. Volume II comprises: The Milkmaid; Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting; A Frog he would a-Wooing go; The Fox jumps over the Parson's Gate; Come Lasses and Lads; Ride a-Cock Horse to Banbury and A Farmer went Trotting upon his Grey Mare; An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex: Mrs Mary Blaize; and The Great Panjandrum Himself. Randolph Caldecott was a very popular British artist and illustrator known for his influential work with children's books and humorous depictions of hunting and fashionable life. In cloth bindings. Externally sound, though faded, and a little bumped to the extremities. Hinges to both volumes are strained but held firmly by cords. Internally, generally firmly bound, though the binding is slightly strained between the first couple of volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages. Good. R. Caldecott [Randolph Caldecott] (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by George Routledge and Sons 1880-1900, London, 1880
- Softcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good Only. Fifteen volumes of Randolph Caldecott's children's picture books, in their original pictorial wraps. Fifteen works in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Eight colour plates to 'John Gilpin', 'The House that Jack Built', 'The Babes in the Wood', 'Sing a Song for Six Pence', 'The Queen… of Hearts' and 'The Farmer's Boy'. Six colour plates to 'The Milkmaid', 'A Frog', 'The Fox', 'Come Lasses and Lads', 'Ride a-Cock Horse', 'Mrs Mary Blaize' and 'The Great Panjandrum'. Lacking the rear of the wrap and the last colour plate to 'An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog'. Lacking the rear of the wrap to 'A Frog he would a-Wooing go'. Collated. Fifteen volumes from the 'Picture Books' series of children's books by Randolph Caldecott, published every Christmas for eight years and sold for a shilling each. Each title features the original colourful wraps with colour plates and black and white illustrations in text. With Routledge's 'Shilling Toy-Books' series catalogued to wraps. This set comprises: The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House that Jack Built; The Babes in the Wood; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog; The Three Jovial Huntsmen; Sing a Song for Six Pence; The Queen of Hearts; The Farmer's Boy; The Milkmaid; A Frog he would a-Wooing go; The Fox jumps over the Parson's Gate; Come Lasses and Lads; Ride a-Cock Horse to Banbury and A Farmer went Trotting upon his Grey Mare; An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex: Mrs Mary Blaize; and The Great Panjandrum Himself. Randolph Caldecott was a very popular British artist and illustrator known for his influential work with children's books and humorous depictions of hunting and fashionable life. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally, a little faded. Two losses each to the front and rear of the wrap to 'John Gilpin'. Front of the wrap to 'John Gilpin' is detached from textblock, and separating from the frontispiece it should be attached to. Wraps are detached to 'The House that Jack Built', with amateur repairs to the spine; rear of the wrap is also separating from the last page. Amateur repairs to the spine of 'Babes in the Wood'. Mark to the front of the wrap to 'Mad Dog', which is detached from textblock. 'Mad Dog' lacking the rear of the wrap and last colour plate. Small losses and tears to the wraps of 'Jovial Huntsmen', which are detached from textblock. Amateur repairs to the rear hinge of 'Song for Sixpence'; front of the wrap detached with three small tears. Small tear to the rear of the wrap to 'Queen of Hearts'. Amateur repairs to the rear of the wrap and to the front hinge of 'Farmer's Boy'. Amateur repairs to the spine and front hinge of 'A Frog', which is lacking the rear of the wrap. Front and rear of the wrap to 'The Fox' are detached from textblock. Small loss to the front of the wrap to 'Ride a-Cock Horse'. Binding strained to 'John Gilpin' but held by three cords. Binding slightly strained to 'Babes in the Wood'. Pages are a little age toned with the occasional spot, more so to the first and last couple of pages. A couple of the black-and-white illustrations to 'Mrs Mary Blaize' have been neatly coloured in. Pencil marks to the last blank page of 'Great Panjandrum'. Good Only. R. Caldecott [Randolph Caldecott] (illustrator). book.
