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— Abraham Lincoln

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1931. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.56. With four colour plates including a frontispiece, as well as frequent in-text illustrations by Appleton. Publisher's brown paper-covered boards, with a colour illustration and titles laid over upper. Illustrated endpapers. School prize plate date 1933-34 to fly-leaf. Offsetting to endpapers, with a little thumbing and a few marks. Light rubbing to binding. Very good. Four short stories for young children. Item #56404
Price: £50.00