Antique WALTER CRANE ' S TOY BOOKS Art Nouveau ALADDIN Fairy Tales COLOR PLATES
Item History & Price
Up for sale is this very rare antique Victorian children's book, "Walter Crane's Toy Books: Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp." The book is softcover. It is overall in good condition with some signs of wear and age. It is illustrated by Walter Crane with 6 lovely color illustrations. It is undated, but is circa the late 1800's. The covers have some light soiling. There is a long piece of old tape to the front cover, though it doesn't look it's repairin...g any tear. The binding of the book is good and sound. One of the text pages has a closed tear a few inches in length. The color illustrations are all in generally good condition. The pages are lightly toned from age but are fairly clean with just some occasional light soiling/grubbiness. There are some wrinkles to the page corners and there may be the very occasional page with some kind of other minor imperfection such as a tiny chip or tear, small crease line, etc. The book measures approximately 10 1/2 inches by 9 1/4 inches. Please look at all of the photos to further note the condition. Thanks!
