CLEAN PETER AND THE CHILDREN OF GRUBBYLEA

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1901. Very good.. American translation of this Swedish picture book in the Strewwelpeter tradition - on children's hygiene and manners: "In pools of mud they gaily prance and never wash by any chance." 7.75'' x 10.5''. Original grey cloth stamped in red and dark green. Pictorial endpapers. Printed on rectos only; illustrated by the author in color on every page. 24 pages. Early ink owner name to front pastedown; early bookshop ticket to rear pastedown. A few neat marginal paper repairs. Toning to spine and margins of boards.