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Illustrated Children's and Young Adult Books, Late 19th-Early 20th Century

Item Details

Title and Author/Editor A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (Mark Twain, 1890), Nursery Friends from France (Olive Beaupré Miller, 1927), Tales Told in Holland (Olive Beaupré Miller, 1926), Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Edited and illustrated by Elenore Abbott, 1925)
Genre Children’s, Young Adult
Illustrator Elenore Plaisted Abbott (American, 1875–1935), Maud Fuller Petersham (American, 1890–1971), Miska Petersham (American, 1888–1960)
Binding Cloth on board
Publisher or Printer The Book House for Children, Charles L. Webster & Company, Charles Scribner’s Sons
Period Late 19th/ Early 20th Century
Place of Publication New York, Chicago
Language English
Number of Books 4

Condition

- spines shaken and hinges mostly detached; scuffing and abrasions to covers and backstrip; damage to crowns and corners; discoloration and wear to edges of pages; pen and pencil inscriptions to flyleaf.

Dimensions

1.0" W x 11.25" H x 8.25" D

- measurement of one book.

Item #

ITMG751559

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