2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. (7.5" x 6"). First volume; 10 original hand-coloured plates - one plate with small damage to the outer blank margin. Original hand colour decorated card cover. pp 32. Second volume; 13 coloured plates, slight marginal marks. Original hand colour decorated card cover, creased and marked. Both books are bound together in modern cloth with title to spine in gilt. A humorous tale embellished with beautifully coloured engravings. S signature of "Cecil R. Bates, 3rd Feb 1888." to a prelim in the first volume. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. Original colour-printed wrapper/card. 1. Frontispiece...I'll kiss this sweet Donkey of mine." 2. Frontispiece. he Donkey turned Schoolmaster. 3. Deborah Dent kissing her Donkey. 4. Donkey taking two startled, elderly ladies for a bathe in the sea! 5. Donkeys are racing on the beach. 6. Donkey, dressed as a Doctor, attending to a bed-ridden patient. 7. Donkey, dressed as a schoolmaster, teaching small children. 8. Donkey is sent to a barber's shop for a shave, dressed as a counselor. 9. Donkey, dressed as an artist, paints a ladies portrait. 10. Donkey is now back, pulling Deborah's cart of sand. Volume 2. Original colour-printed wrapper/card. 1. Frontispiece. lines of text, beginning; "When a party of young friends for sport are inclined..." 2. Two young children discover "a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling Frog." 3. A child giving a dog "two pudding's ends that won't choke a dog..." 4. Three monkeys tied to a log..." 5. Four Horses stuck in a bog..." 6. Five puppies rush to a boy holding a plate of food - watched from her kennel by the bitch. 7. Six Beetles against a wall, close to an old woman's apple stall..." 8. A Young lady enters a room bearing "seven Lobsters on a Dish, as good as any heart can wish." 9. Eight Joiners are working in Joiners Hall, "working with their tools and all." 10. Nine Peacocks in the air..." 11. Ten Comets in the sky, some are low, some are high." 12. Eleven Ships sailing on the main, some bound for France, some bound for Spain..." 13. Twelve Huntsmen, with horns and hounds, hunting over other men's grounds..."