London and New York: Swan Sonnenschein and Co./ Macmillan and Co, 1892 1892. Swan Sonnenschein and Co./ Macmillan and Co. Adventures of Chunk, Fusky and Snout delightfully illustrated with four full-page and numerous small B/W illustrations in text. GOOD in broken binding. Penciled gift inscription and childish drawing on the first blank page and a penciled owner name and stickered number on the half-title page. Otherwise text is clean and crisp. Cover of dark green cloth over beveled boards with gilt decoration on front and gilt lettering on spine is clean but very worn. Edges and back board very rubbed, lower corners worn to board, cloth along hinges worn and spine ends frayed. Gilt decoration remains attractive. Front hinge is cracked and the rear hinge is broken with cover almost detached. The book is askew in the cover. The text block is holding together, no loose pages. 5-1/4 x 8"; 131 numbered text pages. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by W. Parkinson. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Knickerbocker Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000095
Title: The Wild Pigs, A Story for Little People
Author: Young, Gerald
Illustrator: W. Parkinson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Swan Sonnenschein and Co./ Macmillan and Co
Place of Publication: London and New York
Date Published: 1892
Bookseller catalogs: Children's & Illustrated;

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