Jean Jambon — Our Trip to Blunderland

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The fourth thousand of Jean Jambon's very scarce fantastical children's work. The fourth thousand of the first edition of this very scarce work.With a frontispiece and vignette illustrations throughout by Charles Doyle.A charming children's adventure novel, with many fantastical elements, about a trip to the mythical 'Blunderland&apos.Former owner's inscription to recto of frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Significant spotting, fading and tide marks to boards and back strip, most concentrated at fore edges of boards. Hinges strained, with front hinge a touch tender, and rear hinge firmly held. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Charles Doyle. Good .