SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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WELSH, Charles.
On Coloured Books for Children with a Catalogue of the Books Exhibited.

Children's coloured book study with catalogue.

Published
London: C. W. H. Wyman / Sette of Odd Volumes, 1887.
Plates
1
Binding/Size
Xs=12mo
Value
0-5000
Published
London: C. W. H. Wyman / Sette of Odd Volumes, 1887.
Ref
285

A SCARCE study of color-plate books for children with a bibliography of books (pp. 27-47) in an exhibition dedicated to the subject. Edition limited to 255 numbered copies, of which this work is # 5. Printed on fine laid paper. Hand-colored frontispiece. At the end, there is a bibliography of the Sette of Odd Volumes. 12mo. Original paper boards. The spine is chipped but structurally sound. Some internal foxing but not on the coloured frontispiece edges uncut; book block is re-sewn, rebound in a new cloth case, a new label to spine. *Rebinding and restoration work on this book was carried out by Ron Norman of Hartlepool. (Ronnorm@aol.com)* Coloured plates in original order: 1. Frontis. Ursula and the Children.