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Price: US$57.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vg 1st thus George Routledge and Sons 1899 edition hardcover limited edition no 247 of 500 ex Tatham Collection Early Childrens Books Wiltshire Library In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
Seller: Allyouneedisbooks Ltd, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Walter Crane's three popular children's works, this limited edition containing all of the volumes complete with the original colour illustrations. A limited edition, limited to 500 copies for sale in the United Kingdom, of which this is numbered 168.Walter Crane's three juvenile works in one volume, 'The Baby's Opera', The Baby's Bouquet', and 'The Baby's Own Aesop'. These three works were usually published separately.Illustrated in colour throughout, illustrations ranging from full-paged depictions of nursery rhymes, to decorative borders.'Opera' is a charming collection of nursery rhymes for children, all put to music, including 'Girls and Boys', 'The Mulberry Bush', 'Oranges and Lemons', and more.Likewise, 'Bouquet' is also a collection of nursery rhymes put to music for children, such as 'Hot Cross Buns', 'London Bridge', 'Polly Put the Kettle On', and more.'Own Aesop' is a reworking of Aesop's fables, worked into rhymes for babies and young children. Aesop's fables are a collection of ethical fables, guiding in religious, social, and political themes.Illustrated and arranged by Walter Crane. Walter Crane was known for being an artist and book illustrator, and was one of the most influential children's book creators of his time. He often illustrated children's books, including editions of 'The Frog Prince', 'Baby's Own Aesop', and 'The First of May: A Fairy Masque'. He was an admirer of the Pre-Raphaelites, Italian Renaissance, and Japanese art.Printed by Edmund Evans. Evans was a wood-engraver and full-colour printing, and worked to produce many classic children's books.Evans and Crane begun working together in 1863, and the begun collaborating in 1851 to produce two or three toy books for children each year for over ten years.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, vellum is discoloured and marked, as is usual. Lighter marks to the cloth. A few small cracks to the joints and tail of the spine, and three small holes of worming to the rear joint. Light bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots, mostly to the margins. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$365.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 67 of 750 numbered copies. A very good copy of the first combined edition of Walter's Crane's three children's books, with a new Preface. Oblong quarto. 30 x 31 cm, 192 pages. Copiously illustrated and decorated in colour by Walter Crane and printed by Edmund Evans. Original vellum-backed gilt decorated brown cloth, top edge gilt. Binding is sound (hinge between endpapers open but holding), pages are clean with a very occasional light fox mark, corners are slightly bumped and vellum slightly soiled - overall a very good copy.
Seller: The Bookmonger, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$512.02 + shipping
Description: 300mm x 320mm (12" x 13"). 192pp. Coloured plates and embellishments by Walter Crane throughout. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G : in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Vellum marked and darkened. Split to vellum at spine ends. Corners bumped. Cloth covers rubbed and lightly marked. Light foxing throughout. Inner front hinge cracked. Colour plates remain bright and clean Vellum spine on gilt illustrated brown hardback cloth boards
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$1099.00 + shipping
Description: Triplets Comprising the Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and the Baby's Own Aesop, George Routledge, 1899, first edition of this title combining these earlier titles in one volume, t.p.e.'s gold-gilt, a tight vg+ or better copy. Profusely illustrated in full color. Of 750 copies, this is #41/250 produced for the American market place.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.