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Pictorial front cover; back cover has listing of similar books in pictorial surround. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, spine worn. Decorative end papers (binding cracked front and back). Edges of block rubbed. Contents mostly clean, but 5mm mark on p.50 where it has adhered to facing page. Dedication on flyleaf 'To his sweet sister Jane with Jack's love' Jan.y 1887' A selection of verses on topics of upper-class Victorian children's lives: visit to the toy shop, making plum jam, parlour games. The attraction of the book lies in the illustrations and decorative borders in each layout. These are in Aesthetic style, with Japanese ceramics, peacock feathers and 'Kate Greenaway' clothes. A charming evocation of the lifestyle that had been mocked by Gilbert and Sullivan in 'Patience' only five years earlier in 1881 - how quickly it had become fashionable!
39.99 GBP
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