Ann Taylor; Jane Taylor; Adelaide O'Keeffe; E. V. Lucas [ed] — The "Original Poems" and Others

London, Wells-Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd. [1903]. Cloth. A copy of this beautifully illustrated collection of poetry for children from Ann and Jane Taylor and Adelaide O'Keeffe. Illustrated by F. D. Bedford with a full colour frontispiece and illustrated title page, monochrome headpieces and tailpiece, vignettes and 37 monochrome plates. This edition includes four appendices; 'Poems Omitted From the Later Editions of 'Original Poems' and 'Rhymes for the Nursery', 'The Wedding Among Flowers', 'Pieces From Adelaide O'Keeffe's 'Original Poems' and 'Poems for Young Children', and 'Four of the Original Fables at the End of 'Aesop in Rhyme' by Jeffreys Taylor&apos.This anthology features a collection of poetry for children by the Taylor sisters and Adelaide O'Keeffe, with beautiful illustrations throughout. Undated. Dated by a copy held at the British Library. In the publisher's original gilt cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, a slight lean, very small closed tears to the tail of the spine and fading predominantly to the spine and to the gilt detailing. Offsetting and scattered spotting to the endpapers with a bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Lacking dust wrapper. Internally generally firmly bound with generally bright pages with the odd spot only. Very Good . Ill.: F. D. Bedford. Very Good .