Various — R. Caldecott&Apos;S Picture Book

London, George Routledge & Sons , c1879. Cloth. Randolph Caldecott's charmingly illustrated volume of entertaining tales for children, complete with colour plates. A lovely volume of short tales for children, accompanied by striking colourful plates.Including 'The House that Jack Built', 'The Diverting History of John Gilpin', 'An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog', and 'The Babes in the Wood&apos.Illustrated with thirty colour plates, and line drawings throughout. Collated, complete.Colourfully illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, an eminent Victorian illustrator whose work greatly influence the style of children book illustrations.Printed in colour by Edmund Evans.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Liverpool Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, a little age-toned. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light spots and a little light rubbing to the cloth. Repaired tear to the rear joint. Hinges have been reinforced. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Neat repairs to the text, repairing closed tears and a couple of small chips, with no loss of text. Very Good . Ill.: Randolph Caldecott. Very Good .