Sepia Frontispiece Soiled (1 results)
MONSIEUR POUF. ( Black French Poodle ) FRONT BOARDS SHOW BABY IN WHITE DRESS putting on Socks & shoes WITH POODLE SITTING NEARBY .Monsieur Pouf is a Large Elegant Black poodle-dog, born and bred in Russia and bought by a loving Papa for some little girls
Text and BEAUTIFUL CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS Illustrations by E. L. SHUTE in Color & B/W, Sepia Frontispiece Soiled & Pencil marks Nice Condition shows Dog standing on 2 feet holding hands with Circle of Children,
Published by Marcus Ward & Co. Limited, 1891
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 7 very sweet colour plates. Inner Hinges starting Separated, Solid brown Endpapers pencil Marks, SPINE CVR ReinForced with Clear TAPE, HB NODJ, UNDATED FIRST EDITION (1891), FAIR Condition, AS-IS, NOJACKET, CHIPS RUB WEAR EXTREMITIES CVR, Interior nice relatively clean with Lig…ht FOX & few chipped corner pgs & Few Small Stains, Small Oblong 4to, 7½ x 8¾ inches, cloth backed boards show stains with delightful colour illustration of Pouf and 1 of his little girls shows corner large broken crease Clear Tape repaired from Behind , Spine CVR chipped, Worn & torn with pieces Missing has Clear TAPE Reinforcement , circa 18 pages. Sepia frontispiece and title vignette, 7 very sweet colour plates, other jolly sepia vignettes in the verse text. Head and tail of spine and corners worn, top corner to upper cover slightly chipped with 10 mm (½ inch) surface paper missing, surface paper slightly chipped at corners of lower cover. Text pages facing colour plates faintly browned, 2 tiny ink marks to 1 margin, occasional slight fingermarks, 1 inner joint cracked, . FAIR copy of a delightful book. Although British Library accession date is given as 1892, the most likely publication date is 1891.