Juliana Horatia Ewing — Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot a Country Tale

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1884]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this children's book by Juliana Horatia Ewing, illustrated by the popular British artist, Randolph Caldecott. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and monochrome vignettes by the celebrated British artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott. This children's book was written by Juliana Horatia Ewing and tells the story of a young orphan who dreams of finding a home at 'Daddy Darwin's Dovecot', where he can tend to the pigeons. Undated, dated by copies held on Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with marks and fading to the boards and spine, bumping and rubbing to the extremities and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages with occasional spotting, heaviest to the front. Very Good . Ill.: Randolph Caldecott. Very Good .