Fifty Songs of Playful Childhood
Children in Verse Fifty Songs of Playful Childhood
Duckworth & Company, 1913.
First edition. Original blue cloth, blind embossed title and vignette to upper cover, gilt title and vignette to spine. Eight colour tipped-in plates with captioned tissue guards. Black and white line illustrations throughout. A very good copy indeed, spine only slightly sunned. Internally exceptionally fresh. Neat gift inscription to the front free endpaper.
A delightful collection of poems for children, including 'Infant Joy' by William Blake and 'To Alice' by Lewis Carroll ("All in the golden afternoon").
Stock ID: 42391