Order Total (1 Item Items):
Shipping Destination:
Sewell Anna Mulock Miss Dina (1 results)
Skip to main search results
Product Type
- All Product Types
- Books (1)
- Magazines & Periodicals
- Comics
- Sheet Music
- Art, Prints & Posters
- Photographs
- Maps
-
Manuscripts &
Paper Collectibles
Condition
- All Conditions
- New
- Used
Binding
- All Bindings
- Hardcover
- Softcover
Collectible Attributes
- First Edition
- Signed
- Dust Jacket
- Seller-Supplied Images
- Not Printed On Demand
Seller Location
Seller Rating
-
Black Beauty and The Little Lame Prince - Pictured By John R. Neill
Published by The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, 1908
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Neill, John Rea (illustrator). First Edition. Rare first edition thus. Stated Copyright 1908 by The Reilly and Britton Company. Includes two stories, Black Beauty and The Little Lame Prince; both enigmatically illustrated by John R. Neill. Part of The Children's Red Books series. Red matte boards, black stamped cover and spine titles, some shelf wear, rub. Sharp cover plate in strikingly subdued color depicts the Black Beauty and maiden by A.B. Cremin. Thick, heavy stock pages very good. Striking pictorial endpapers at front, back. Bind good, front hinge reinforced. Illustrated throughout by John Rea Neill of The Wizard of Oz fame in striking, yet simple motifs w/ornate borders, devices, decoration. Nearly every page features intriguing design, drawings. Black Beauty the first of two tales found within these covers, was written in 1877 by Anna Sewell . The Little Lame Prince (originally The Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak) was penned in 1875 by Dina (Miss) Mulock. Neither is credited at title pages. Features eighteen color images, lovely pictorial endpapers, and black and white line drawings, by John R. Neill, most famous for his illusrations of the many L. Frank Baum and other Oz books. Fabulous and characteristically magical Neill illustrations. Near very good example of intriguing bookcraft. Several pages of adverts at back for L. Frank Baum's Oz series; The Twinkle Tales; and, the Christmas Stocking Series from The Reilly & Britton Co. The last title listed at the rear, under "The Oz Books" is John Dough and the Cherub first published in 1906. 58 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
