First printing (same date on title and copyright pages. States "Published October, 1905" with no additional printings listed). 206 pp. plus 6 full-page, full-color illustrations. There are spots of soiling and wear to the extremities. The hinges are broken, with some mesh holding. The rear free endpaper is missing. An unmarked copy in an otherwise sound binding. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title: The True Story of Humpty Dumpty: How he Was Rescued By Three Mortal Children in Make Believe Land
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, New York
Publication Date: 1905
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Ethel Franklin Betts
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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