first edition Stiff Wraps
1883 · London
by Caldecott, Randolph
London: George Rutledge and Sons, 1883. First Issue. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. Caldecott, Randolph. 24 pages. 20.5 x 23.5 cm. Illustrated in black and white with colored engravings by the premier color printer of the 19th century, Edmund Evans. Caldecott died in St. Augustine, Florida in 1886 at the age of forty while on holiday. Interior contents clean and bright. Front with small bookseller label of Gilbert & Fields 18 Greatchurch St. London. Backstrip abraded, some loss at lower front cover and spine. (Inventory #: 23835)