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In a Good Cause. A Collection of Stories Poems and Illustrations
1885899P4London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co 1885. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 7". Randolph Caldecott; Various. The first edition of this scarce anthology of poems and prose compiled to raise money for the North Eastern Hospital For Children with contributions by Oscar Wilde and H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this scarce work.An anthology of poems stories and illustrations published for the benefit of the North Eastern Hospital For Children in Hackney Road compiled by Margaret S. Tyssen Amherst. The hospital now known as Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children was originally formed by two Quaker sisters in 1867. This anthology includes a brief history of the hospital as well as 'Le Jardin des Tuileries' by Oscar Wilde 'Old Age - a Sonnet' by the Earl of Rosslyn 'Faith and Unfaith' by Lady Augusta Noel 'Hunter Quatermain's Story' by H. Rider Haggard 'Seekers For a City' by Andrew Lang and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by Randolph Caldecott W. Callow Tristram Ellis and more. Twenty pages of adverts to the rear. In a rebacked quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Part of the original paper spine has been restored by rebacking. Some rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine including a few light spots. Minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Two tide marks to the rear board. Front hinge is a little strained rear hinge is starting but firm. Spots to the endpapers small tidemark to the rear endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few light handling marks. Good Wells Gardner, Darton & Co hardcover
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