— Old Friends and New Faces

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1869. Cloth. The second edition of this scarce volume of tales for children, colourfully illustrated with chromolithographs. The second edition of this scarce work.Four abridged tales, in prose and verse, for children. Containing 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Queer Characters', Aesop's 'Fables', and 'Cock Sparrow&apos.Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece, and twenty-two chromolithograph plates.Collated, bound without one plate.Printed in colour by Kronheim. In the original publisher's cloth binding, smartly rebacked, with renewed endpapers. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing and wear to the spine and extremities, including a small amount of loss. Minor marks to the cloth, including a small dampstain to the tail of the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots. Neat tape repairs to a few pages and plates. Half-title is working loose. Bound without one plate. Good . Ill.: Kronheim. Good .