first edition Hardcover
1895 · London, Paris, New York
by HOYER, M.A.
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck and Sons, 1895. Brown cloth spine. One minor rub on rear cover. A beautiful, well-preserved example of finely-illustrated children's literature. Four full-page color lithographs and four sepia tone text illustrations. Number 866 at bottom of concluding page. Designed at the Studios of the publisher in England and printed at the Fine Art Works in Germany. Inscription on front free endpaper, "Leslie is my Valentine. Feb. 14th, 1895". . First Edition. Glazed Color Pictorial Boards.. Essentially No Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thin Octavo.
(Inventory #: 014421)