Carved woodblock for broadside advertisement of Little Lord Fauntleroy

Hartford ?: Calhoun Print Co., ca. 1887. Unique.. Very good with remnants of the print glued to the rear surface of the board.. Folio. A carved woodblock for printing an advertising broadside. The block meas. appx. 20 x 24 inches.

The original hand carved woodblock for printing an illustrated advertising broadside for F H Burnett's book Little Lord Fauntleroy. The author and title of the book are cut in large block type design across the bottom margin below a central field of two large figures in the foyer of a mansion (a similar illus. is used on the front cover of the original book). The surface of the carved block is excellent. The two central figures are carved in great detail. The block is identified by the use of a small carved (?) seal on a blank portion of the printing surface identifying it as originating with Calhoun Print, Hartford.