The Child's Book of Verse

Margaret W. Tarrant

Verlag: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, London, 1951

Beschreibung

A smart copy of this illustrated collection of verses for children, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Dated from the National Library of Scotland and the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with sixteen colour plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of entertaining verses for children, including: Buttercups and Daisies, The Fairy Queen, Hush-a-Bye Baby, The Owl and The Pussycat, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and many others. Illustrated by Margaret Winifred Tarrant, an English illustrator and children's author whose career spanned almost fifty years. Her work is noted for her depictions of fairy-like children and religious subjects. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and minor sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd handling mark or spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 883T1

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Child's Book of Verse

Verlag: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1951

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Margaret W. Tarrant

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Art des Buches: book