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Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. First edition. Small octavo. [4],289,[3] pp. T.e.g. Marbled endpapers with bookplate of the poet and children's author Eugene Field affixed to the front pastedown four full years after his death. Half crimson pebbled morocco over pink and cream mottled paper boards.....
New York: The Century Co., 1894. First American edition. Octavo. Publisher's original green cloth, gilt lettering and elephant on upper panel, gilt tiger on rear, blindstamped designs, gilt animal vignettes and lettering to the spine. t.e.g. xvii,[3],303,[3] pp. Frontispiece, and 34 illustrated plates. Designated as a "Printers Copy" on front.....
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition, second state. Thick octavo. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt-decorated and embossed front board; greige endpapers. [2],624,[2] pp. Illustrated with 316 illustrations by John Harley, Edmund Henry Garrett, and A. B. Shute. Wear to the spine at crown and toe, and fore.....