R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1)
By Randolph Caldecott
Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott
Published by Frederick Warne and Co circa 1940
Light blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Orange lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Black and orange decoration on covers.
21cm x 23cm.
128 pages.
Front cover lettering and decoration is lightly emobossed.
Undated edition, probably 1940s or 1950s.
Contains:
"The Diverting History of John Gilpin",
"The House that Jack Built",
"An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog", and
"The Babes in the Wood".
Each story is individually paginated, and 32 pages long.
Light wear to covers.
Small mark at upper right corner of back cover.
Child's name written a little untidily inside front cover.
VG in other respects; contents clean, and colours bright.
Very Good condition
(Illustrated)
Catalogue Number: #118928
Price: £15.00