Crawhall (Joseph) Old Aunt Elspa's ABC, first edition, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by the author throughout, 3pp. advertisements at end, original wrappers with hand-coloured woodcut vignettes, with 1858 1d red postage stamp pasted onto easel on verso, [1884] § Rossetti (Christina) Sing-Song. A Nursery Rhyme Book, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Arthur Hughes advertisement leaf at end, original pictorial red cloth, a little soiled, 1872 § Greenaway (Kate) Language of Flowers, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations printed in colours by Edmund Evans original cream boards, gilt, pale olive endpapers, spine and edges a little rubbed and soiled, [Schuster 107-1f], George Routlede & Sons, [1884], the last two with light spotting at beginning and end, a little rubbed; and 6 others, children's, including 5 by Hilaire Belloc in generally fine condition, 4to & 8vo (9) ⁂ "Aunt Elspa" was a family term of endearment for Crawhall's daughter Elspeth. Crawhall himself is pictured at letter R for Rumpus, Rage, Racket & Riot, being chased by a termagant queen.
Crawhall (Joseph) Old Aunt Elspa's ABC, first edition, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by the author throughout, 3pp. advertisements at end, original wrappers with hand-coloured woodcut vignettes, with 1858 1d red postage stamp pasted onto easel on verso, [1884] § Rossetti (Christina) Sing-Song. A Nursery Rhyme Book, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Arthur Hughes advertisement leaf at end, original pictorial red cloth, a little soiled, 1872 § Greenaway (Kate) Language of Flowers, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations printed in colours by Edmund Evans original cream boards, gilt, pale olive endpapers, spine and edges a little rubbed and soiled, [Schuster 107-1f], George Routlede & Sons, [1884], the last two with light spotting at beginning and end, a little rubbed; and 6 others, children's, including 5 by Hilaire Belloc in generally fine condition, 4to & 8vo (9) ⁂ "Aunt Elspa" was a family term of endearment for Crawhall's daughter Elspeth. Crawhall himself is pictured at letter R for Rumpus, Rage, Racket & Riot, being chased by a termagant queen.
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