Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Charles Robinson (illustrator). Shambala Publications, Inc. 1979. Boulder, CO. Small format, trade paperback. Book is clean, with a strong spine, strong binding, no spine crease, no page folds, and no writing, save for a tiny black cross-out of the price on upper right corner of front cover. A charming book depicting a whimsical world of childhood in the Victorian Age. The author was born in 1861. Throughout, there is a touching sentiment and humor about the fantasies and dreams of childhood. Illustrated with over 200 line drawings by renowned artist Charles Robinson (1870-1937). 171 pages. Securely packed in a lidded box for protection during shipment.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Charles Robinson (illustrator). Reprint of the 1896 Edition. White paperback is clean and tightly bound. Exterior edges are bumped and lightly nicked, crease to lower front corner. Heavy clear tape reinforcement to some edges. Interior text and numerous illustrations are very clean and superb.
Second edition. 171, (5), 12 (publ. cat.) pp. Illustrated. Publisher's decorated cloth. Small stain to lower cover, otherwise very good.
Published by John Lane. The Bodley Head
Seller: Chapter Two Books, Ammanford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Fourth Printing. Gilt lettering and decoration on front and rear boards. Text and internal illustrations are bright and clear. Hinge is firm. Spine is slightly bumped at top and base, otherwise firm. Photograph available on request.
Published by John Lane, New York, 1896
Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Robinson, Charles (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing hardcover book in good++ condition. Bright gilt lettering and ornaments on front board; gilt lettering and ornaments on spine; top page edges gilt. Many black and white illustrations. Very scarce.
Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 1896 Second Edition. Red cloth, gilt titles and art nouveau style illustration to front, rear and spine. All edges gilt. Profusely illustrated by Charles Robinson in b/w art nouveau style. Condition: Very good. Minor edgewear. Spine faded with gilt dulled. Front and rear still bright. Endpapers foxed. Rear pastedown has red bleed-through from cloth at top edge. Owner s name written to ffep, dated 1912. Slight age toning throughout. Otherwise, pages bright and clean. Binding firm. Size: 7.5x5in / 19x13cm. 174pp plus 12 page book list to rear, with full page illustrations. Weight: 365g.
Published by [xvi], 155, [3] pp. 14 page publisher's catalog at rear. Illustrations by Charles Robinson. (8vo) original red cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition., 1896
John Lane/The Bodley Head. London & New York. 1896.