AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND

by MacDonald, George, and Arthur Hughes (illus.)

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NY: George Routledge & Sons, 1871. First edition (printed & bound in England for the US market), 17.5 x 12cm (8vo), in publisher's magenta pebble-grain cloth w/gilt & black decorations & title to fr. cover & spine, blind ruling & Strahan's circular device to rear cover, a.e.g., pale pink ep.s, [i-v] vi-viii, 1-378 [379-380] pp. w/numerous wood engravings by the Dalziels after Hughes. Contrary to claims that this edition was bound from the 1st English sheets, it was in fact a separate printing, by Ogden & Co. rather than at the Camden Press or by Charles Dickens & Evans (see Ray 177). Other differences are: the titlepage, which is not a cancel, bears Routledge's imprint; the ep.s are pale pink rather than a dark colour; & the 13pp. Strahan cat. is omitted. With the signatures of Mary E. Morton (dated Mar. 1873) & Florence T. Potter to fr. ep.s. Binding Fair (rebacked w/most of the original [faded] spine laid down, covers a bit faded, & moderate wear to corners); contents Very Good (a few sections sl. proud). Bulloch 688, Wolff 148-60, Shaberman p.43.