Description: 3 x Vintage Children's Books by Juliana Horatia Ewing; Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot & Lob Lie-By-The-Fire:Jackanapes, with Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott, undated, but 'Eightieth Thousand' edition. 47pp;Daddy Darwin's Dovecot; A Country Tale, Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, undated, but has a handwritten owner's inscription dating to 1886. 52pp;Lob Lie-By-The-Fire or the Luck of Lingborough, with Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. Undated. 72pp.All Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London. All undated, but c. 1880s. All priced at 'one shilling'. All hardbacks with printed pictorial boards. books are poor to fair - heavily worn, split to joints, some loose and detached pages, with some marks and age toning - far from ideal, but a readable collection, and an interesting insight into Victorian children's literature.Text in English.viii + 88pp + Plates.Each volume approximately 213mm high x 158mm wide x 7mm deep.Weight approximately 518g (the set - unpacked).
Price: 18 GBP
Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
End Time: 2025-01-27T10:58:55.000Z
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Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Children's & Young Adults
Signed: No
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Modified Item: No
Weight: 518g
Year Printed: 1880
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott
Fiction Subject: General & Literary Fiction
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: Europe
Author: Juliana Horatia Ewing
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom