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London: Grant Richards, 1900. First edition (hardback). Oblong 4to (23cm by 31cm), 127pp. 30 full-page colour illustrations. Original red cloth spine, blue boards with colour illustration to the front board, gilt titling to the spine. This copy is in fair condition only; there is some repaired fraying to the joints, the boards are rubbed, the edges of the boards are worn and the endpapers are browned. Nonetheless, the contents are in good to very good condition (short repaired tear to one page) and this is a serviceable copy overall.
A Trip to Toyland by Mayer, Henry - 1900
by Mayer, Henry
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A Trip to Toyland
by Mayer, Henry
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London: Grant Richards, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Henry Mayer. Burgandy cloth covered boards [first edition] with illustration to upper board. Professionally re-bound with original backstrip re-laid on to spine. New endpapers. Thirty colour plates each with a one page chapter of the story opposite. Some wear to board edges. One text page [26] is facsimile replacement. Grubbiness and chipping to some pages. One text page has archival tape repair, one text page is creased and one text page has corner missing. Henry Mayer's illustrations are charming and the story is very entertaining. Mayer did not publish many children's books. A German, working mostly in the US, he was better known as a political cartoonist.
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- Illustrator Henry Mayer
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- Book Condition Used - Good +
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- Edition First edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Grant Richards
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1900
- Keywords colour plates, nursery tales,
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A Trip to Toyland : a picture-story.
by Henry Mayer:
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A TRIP TO TOYLAND
by Mayer, Henry
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Published by Grant Richards, 1900. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Mayer, Henry. Very good condition with no wrapper. Large oblong format with red cloth spine and green pictorial boards. Packed with full-page colour plates. Printed one side only. Spine bumped. Corners slightly worn and some very slight rubbing to cover edges. Covers are just a little marked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers are lightly browned. Some foxing and fingering to contents which are generally clean.
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