"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde
Tom: Seven Years Old.
London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1876. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[2] 245 [9]. With a chromolithographic frontispiece and decorated title page, as well as four further illustrated plates by Greenaway. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and black decoration to spine and upper. New rear endpaper. A black ink ownership and bookseller's label to front pastedown. Upper hinge starting and quite tender. Large losses to pp.21-26, including significant loss to text. Light even spotting throughout, with some general wear and thumbing to edges. Cloth quite heavily rubbed, with some bowing to upper. Fair. Item #73570
Price: £450.00
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