WONDER BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
London: Osgood McIlvane & Co, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this major work of book design by Walter Crane in the Art Nouveau style, in uncommon dustjacket. 8vo, x + 210p. Elaborately designed covers, teal and brown stamped on cream cloth. Decorative patterned endpapers, 19 full page color plates, many head- and tailpieces. Covers are gently toned about edges. Printed dustjacket, seldom found, is soiled and chipped. Internals are intermittently foxed, with some spotting to edges. Firmly bound. An aged, but solid, unsophisticated copy, seldom found as little used as this, and rarely with dustjacket. Very Good + / Very Good -. Item #011880
Price: $500.00
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