S. R. Crockett — The Surprising Adventures of Toady Lion

London, Gardner, Darton and Co,, 1897. Cloth. Charming children's adventure from Samuel Rutherford Crockett, profusely illustrated by Gordon Browne and featuring an additional colour folding map. Second edition.In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Featuring a frontispiece, illustrated title page, fifteen monochrome plates, a colour folding map and numerous additional in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Artwork by popular children's illustrator Gordon Browne.Twenty pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. This late-19th-century children's novel by Scottish writer Samuel Rutherford Crockett follows the tale of young General Napoleon Smith, his imaginative sibling Priscilla and their companion Sir Toady Lion, as they embark on a fantastic mischievous adventure. In publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight bumping and rubbing with the odd mark. Encased in protective archival binding. Internally, firmly bound. Tissue guard to frontispiece loose. A few unopened pages. Very bright and clean with the exception of some light spotting, mainly towards the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Gordon Browne. Very Good Indeed .