Nursery Nonsense
D'arcy W. Thompson. C[harles] H. Bennett, illustrator. Nursery Nonsense or Rhymes Without Reason. London: Griffith and Farran, 1864. First edition.
Octavo. 56pp + 32pp catalogue. Profusely illustrated with drawings by C. H. Bennett. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt to front cover.
From the Reed K. Bilz collection of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
Backstrip largely missing, exposing binder's waste construction beneath; boards rubbed, stained, and edgeworn; hinges cracked; moderate toning and thumbsoiling throughout; binding starting at center; early ink gift inscription to (torn and detached) front free endpaper. Good. Item #2596
Price: $450.00