first edition Original publisher's floral design cream color boards stamped in silver.
1893 · Boston
by Bartlett, [Mary A] - PHOTOGRAPHY
Boston: J King Co., 1893. First Edition.. Original publisher's floral design cream color boards stamped in silver.. Very good; some minor spotting.. Oblong 4to. There are 10 large, oblong flat plate photogravure plates (205 x 258 mm) printed on translucent tissue and tipped on to heavier backing paper that make up the contents of the book. The gravures are superbly printed resulting in the utmost clarity for the images. There is some engraved text on the plates.
An unusual book that is made up with Ms. Bartlett's staged photographs of young children in costume acting out scenes from various nursery rhymes. Mus White, ... Mundane to Magical, #65; Cotsen, Nineteenth Century II, #3997 - with a generous half-page illustration of one of the photographs in the book. (Inventory #: 24003)
An unusual book that is made up with Ms. Bartlett's staged photographs of young children in costume acting out scenes from various nursery rhymes. Mus White, ... Mundane to Magical, #65; Cotsen, Nineteenth Century II, #3997 - with a generous half-page illustration of one of the photographs in the book. (Inventory #: 24003)