WEATHERLY, FRED E. — The Book of Gnomes

Ernest Nister. 1890, First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Ill.: HARDY, Stuart E. Book, 4to. C1890. Original pictorial boards. A very good copy. Wear to extremities with no chipping or splitting to boards. Light shallow mark to top margin of rear board - same to rear endpaper. Internally complete. All full page illustrations present & not detatched. No loose or missing leaves - tight textblock. Many of the in text illustrations have been competently painted using watercolour - to start with we were fooled into thinking it was original print. Original and unsplit endpapers. Old neat ink inscription dated 1908 to front endpaper. A very good copy of a very rare title. Very good.