THE BOOK OF KNIGHT AND BARBARA: Being a Series of Stories Told to Children

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A holographic note written on Stanford University letterhead and signed by David Starr Jordan is affixed to a prefatory blank leaf. Ranging from the grotesque to the bizarre, the 49 short stories that comprise this collection were put before children who drew the pictures that illustrate this work. Several of the stories were also revised based on their criticism. Jordan (1851-1931) was the founding president of Stanford University. Frontispiece by Bristow Adams. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with pictorial black, yellow, and white stamping. The contents are lightly shaken. Mild soiling along the edges. Some general sun fading along the spine; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 72314)