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APPLETON, HONOR (ILLUSTRATOR). EDITED BY THOMAS BURKE.: CHILDREN IN VERSE Fifty Songs of Playful Childhood.
London, Duckworth, 1913. First edition, first issue (with gilt stamping on upper cover), 8 wonderful mounted colour plates of children with captioned tissue guards, other delightful line illustration throughout including one of Alice ('All in the golden afternoon...'). Poems by a wide range of authors, all about the delights of childhood. 220 x 155 mm, 8¾" x 6", original blue cloth, gilt illustration & lettering to spine, gilt stamped illustration & lettering to upper cover, illustrated endpapers, 135 pp. Just very slight wear to head, tail & corners, spine edges just slightly rubbed, covers very bright. Occasional pale margin fox spot, some inner joints cracked, contents very nice. VG+ very bright copy. Images sent on request.
Offered for GBP 155.00 = appr. US$ 253.58 by: Roger Middleton - Book number: 2034