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London: W & R Chambers, Ltd. Fair with no dust jacket. c 1900/08. First Edition. Hardcover. READING/BREAKING COPY - COMPLETE - BUT the Title Page is torn with LOSS to the corners and is very creased. Lacks the rear free endpaper. Some tears with loss & repaired tears, etc, to some of the prelims, and pages near the end neatly reinserted into spine. Pictorial paper boards - Pretty Scraped and bumped on extremities and spine, o/w rest of book GOOD. Unpaginated. Children's story concerning a family of elephants. With 12 Lovely Full Page, full colour. Delightful illustrations of The Grays - an Elephant family and friends. All of these magnificent plates present. The colour plates facing pages of text, plus line illustrations and section headings. These elephants go to market, learn arithmetic, nearly drown, put out fires, etc, etc. Considered the greatest of the Parkers' lovely picture books. Overall complete but not the best copy - Quite Scarce . Images on Request.; Oblong 4to…
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Lays of the Grays
by Parker, B
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London: W. & R. Chambers Ltd, 1908. Delightful story of an elephant family with verses by B. Parker and illustrations by N. Parker. Undated but has a neat dedication in ink dated 1908 to 'Dear Henry' from Grandpa on fep. Poor copy which has 3 of the colour illustrations missing, boards are loose and scuffed. Copy for interest or breaking; sold waf. . First Edition. Hardback. Poor. Illus. by Parker, N.. Landscape. Illustrated.
- Bookseller Rickaro Books Ltd (GB)
- Illustrator Parker, N.
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Poor
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher W. & R. Chambers Ltd
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1908
- Keywords Childrens Picture Books Elephants
- Size Landscape
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The Lays of the Grays
by B Parker (Verse) & N Parker (Illustrations)
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