Randolph Caldecott — R. Caldecott&Apos;S Picture Book, No. 4

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the fourth of Randolph Caldecott's charmingly illustrated children's book, containing four tales and colour illustrations. A scarce first edition, authored and illustrated by British artist Randolph Caldecott.Illustrated with twenty-four vibrant plates, and further vignette monochrome illustrations. Collated, complete.Consisting of four charming tales: Come Lasses and Lads; The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate; An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize; The Great Panjandrum Himself.Undated; dated 1908 via the University of Cambridge libraries.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1915, to the half title. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bump to back strip tail, with loss to back strip head. Rear hinge a touch strained to head, but firmly held. Inscription to a half title. Internally, binding strained to centre but otherwise firmly held. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Randolph Caldecott. Very Good .