THE LAND OF LONG AGO A Visit to Fairyland with Humpty Dumpty by WEEDON, L.L.:

London, Ernest Nister, (1898).. FIRST EDITION (1898), oblong 4to, 265 x 315 mm, 10½ x 12¾ inches, cloth backed cream boards, very pretty chromolitho illustration to upper board (Humpty Dumpty and other nursery rhyme characters portrayed by little children), floral endpapers, no pagination (18 pages). 6 enchanting full page coloured pull-down pop-up pictures with several delicately cut-out pop-up tiers, 1 for each of 6 well known stories: Cinderella trying on the glass slipper; Red Riding Hood on a little wooden bridge giving directions to the wolf; Puss-in-Boots offering the King and Queen a goose etc. Some pop-up illustrations signed 'A.D.' Numerous charming line illustrations in the text by E. Stuart Hardy. Corners slightly worn with tiny chips to surface paper, tail of spine very slightly worn, 1 or 2 very small light scratches to boards, covers very bright, inner paper hinges cracked at front and rear, but binding tight, rear endpaper slightly creased. 1 or 2 slight fingermarks, 2 very small slight ink smudges on 2 facing text pages, no loss, very slight creasing to inner margins of the base of a couple of pop-ups (i.e. the floor which has to be pulled down). Pop-ups otherwise perfect and crisp. A very good plus bright copy, no inscriptions. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING. POSTAGE AT COST.