Chromolithographies

MONSIEUR POUF. Black French Poodle FRONT BOARDS SHOW BABY IN WHITE DRESS putting on Socks & shoes WITH POODLE SITTING NEARBY .Monsieur Pouf is a Large Elegant Black poodle-dog born and bred in Russia and bought by a loving Papa for some little girls

1891 · 27150 — Marcus Ward & Co. Limited 1891 7 very sweet colour plates. Inner Hinges starting Separated Solid brown Endpapers pencil Marks SPINE CVR ReinForced with Clear TAPE HB NODJ UNDATED FIRST EDITION 1891 FAIR Condition AS-IS NOJACKET CHIPS RUB WEAR EXTREMITIES CVR Interior nice relatively clean with Light FOX & few chipped corner pgs & Few Small Stains Small Oblong 4to 7½ x 8¾ inches cloth backed boards show stains with delightful colour illustration of Pouf and 1 of his little girls shows corner large broken crease Clear Tape repaired from Behind Spine CVR chipped Worn & torn with pieces Missing has Clear TAPE Reinforcement circa 18 pages. Sepia frontispiece and title vignette 7 very sweet colour plates other jolly sepia vignettes in the verse text. Head and tail of spine and corners worn top corner to upper cover slightly chipped with 10 mm ½ inch surface paper missing surface paper slightly chipped at corners of lower cover. Text pages facing colour plates faintly browned 2 tiny ink marks to 1 margin occasional slight fingermarks 1 inner joint cracked . FAIR copy of a delightful book. Although British Library accession date is given as 1892 the most likely publication date is 1891. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Marcus Ward & Co. Limited hardcover