Eliza F. Manning — Little Pinafore&Apos;S Scrap Book

London, Bernhard Ollendorff, [1883]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce scrapbook for children by Eliza F. Manning, a charming Victorian colouring book. The first edition of this very scarce work.A charming colouring scrapbook for children, with pictures to colour accompanied by poems. Each picture is also printed in chromolithograph, providing an example of how to colour each picture, as well as details on what colour each should be.Illustrated with a chromolithograph title page, and eighty-five chromolithographs.Of the seventy-nine pictures provided to colour in this volume, only twenty-one have been painted by a prior owner.By Eliza F. Manning.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Boards are a worn with marks and discolouration. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, resulting in a small amount of loss to the extremities. Front hinge is strained. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Small repair to the tail of page 25/26. Good . Ill.: Eliza F. Manning. Good .