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MacDonald, George (ed.), GOOD WORDS
FOR THE YOUNG FOR 1870 (London: Strahan & Co.,
[1869-]1870). First edition, 23.5 x 16.5cm (large 8vo), in
publisher's royal blue sand-grain cloth w/gilt & black decorations
& title to fr. cover & spine (blind decorations only to rear),
a.e.g., pale tan-pink ep.s, [i-ii], 1-671 [672] pp. w/Index to rear
& numerous in-text wood engravings by the Dalziels after Arthur
Hughes, A.B. Houghton, W.S. Gilbert, etc., & literary contributions
by MacDonald, Henry Kingsley, W.B. Rands, William Gilbert, etc., +
frontis & several unpaginated wood engraved plates. Printed
in London by R. Clay Sons & Taylor, this vol., the 2nd in the
series, contains the Nov. 1869 thru Oct. 1870 monthly issues, &
includes the 1st printings of MacDonald's "At the Back of the North
Wind" (final 30 chapters) & "Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood"
(complete), Kingsley's "The Boy in Grey" (final 2 chapters), &
Rands's "Lilliput Revels" (1st 2 chapters), all w/the Hughes illus., as
well as numerous other illus. children's stories & articles.
From the coll. of the Fitzroy Public Library, w/their small oval stamp
to ep.s & several pp. Binding Fair (extremities, spine &
joints worn & mended, & hinges starting); contents Very Good
(occas. lt. thumbing). White passim, Bulloch 688 & 716, Reid
passim, Fredeman 93.17, Shaberman 40 (i-iii), de Beaumont 207 (Vol. 2),
Goldman passim. (Inv. #759) C$500 Home Page |