first edition Decorated Cloth
1890 · Philadelphia
by Waugh, Ida
Philadelphia: Sunshine Publishing Company, 1890. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Waugh, Ida;. Folio. 20 fine color plates (chromolithographic) of infants, all in fine condition. Text illustrations by artists other than Waugh, including an early work by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Other than minor soilage and minor shelfwear, gold cloth with illustration of parade of children and of flowered vine bright. Text clean, and text block tight. Hinge loose in front, with floral patterned endpaper with tear by hinge. If not for this hinge issue, a fine copy. (Inventory #: 000642)