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1925 A Gallery of Children
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition of this work.
A. A. Milne's anthology of twelve fantasy stories for children, including 'The Princess and the Apple-Tree', 'Sparrow Tree Square', 'Sand Babies', and 'Barbara's Birthday'.
Illustrated with twelve colour plates, by the noted illustrator H. Willebeek Le Mair.
Le Mair's illustrations were originally commissioned as adverts for Colgate; Milne saw these and wrote a tale for each of the drawings.
Collated, complete.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart.Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine and extremities of the boards are a little discoloured. Small chip to the tail of the front joint. A few minor marks to the boards. Light rubbing to the joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot.
Very Good
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