Samuel McChord Crothers — The Children of Dickens

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927 . Cloth. A smart copy of this charmingly illustrated introduction to the children of Dickens' novels, with coloured plates. In the publisher's original black cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. With a coloured frontispiece, and nine further coloured plates. Collated, complete. A work by Samuel McChord Crothers, an American Unitarian minister with The First Parish in Cambridge. He was a popular essayist. The volume acts as a warm introduction to the unique world of Dickens children, including David Copperfield, Little Nell, Joe the Fat Boy, Oliver Twist, the Jellyby family, and more.  Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, an American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration, considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators".   In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper with sunning to spine, with loss to the head and tail. Closed tears and shelf wear to extremities, with slight loss and the odd spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Jessie Willcox Smith. Near Fine/Very Good.