THE RHYME OF A RUN

WRITTEN AND PICTURED

BY

FLORENCE HARRISON

1907 FIRST EDITION

PUBLISHED BY BLACKIE & SON., LONDON.

CHILDREN'S FAIRY TALES & FANTASY.

Florence Susan Harrison (1877–1955) was an English Australian Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite illustrator of poetry and children's books. Many of her books were published by Blackie and Son. She illustrated books by notable Pre-Raphaelite circle poets Christina Rossetti, William Morris and Sir Alfred Tennyson.

BOUND IN GREEN CLOTH BOARDS WITH A BEAUTIFUL FRONT COVER, WOODCUT ILLUSTRATION IN BLACK, DARK-GREEN, AND ORANGE, AND GILT EDGED TITLES GILT FRAMED TO TOP. SPINE WITH TITLES IN GILT AND FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. IN VERY GOOD TO NEAR FINE CONDITION, 8vo, (OBLONG QUATRO), 92 PAGES, 21 FULL COLOUR MOUNTED PLATES & 14 MONOCHROME ILLUSTRATIONS. BOARDS LOOK EXCELLENT, THE FRONT COVER BEING A REAL STAND-OUT FEATURE, MINOR WEAR ONLY, CORNERS BUMPED, CREASED AND A LITTLE RUBBED. SPINE ROUNDED AND A LITTLE CREASED TOP AND BOTTOM. INTERNALLY, ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS FRONT AND BACK, PRESENTATION/DEDICATION TO LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF HALF TITLE PAGE. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED TITLE PAGE, WITH FAIRIES AND A SLEEPING CHILD, TITLE HIGHLIGHTED IN AN ORANGE-RED. CONTENTS PAGE LISTING THE 10 RHYMES BY FLORENCE HARRISON. ALL 21 COLOUR PLATES ARE PRESENT WITH ONLY 2 DISPLAYING MINOR TEARS (NOTHING MISSING), SOME MINOR CREASES TO A FEW OTHER PLATES. PAGES ARE BRIGHT, VERY CLEAN AND VERY TIDY THROUGHOUT, NO HINGE SPLITS AT ENDS, NO LOOSE PAGES, VERY TIGHT LIKE-NEW BINDING, ABSOLUTELY SUPERB.

ONE THING THAT MUST BE POINTED OUT IS THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOOK WAS GIVEN AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO A LITTLE GIRL IN 1938, BY HER (FROM WHAT I ASSUME) GERMAN GRANDMOTHER, AND GRANDMA HAS TRANSLATED SOME OF THE RHYMES INTO GERMAN LANGUAGE, THESE ARE, IN A VERY FINE HANDWRITING, WRITTEN BELOW OR ABOVE THE COLOUR PLATE IT RELATES TO, THE PLATES ARE UNTOUCHED OF COURSE!

A QUITE SUPERB COPY OF THIS EXTRA RARE, AND ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL BOOK, IN AMAZING CONDITION. DEFFINATELY NOT TO BE MISSED BY THE DISERNING COLLECTOR!!

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