Book Description

Horses by Herring. [John Frederick Herring Sr] Warne’s Excelsior Toy Books c1878 Kronheim printing. 6 full pages in colour, printed by Kronheim & Co, 8 full pages of text. Beautiful illustrations of horses, including The Hunter [Papa’s horse, Nimrod], The Race Horse, The Park Hack, The Cavalry Horse, and the Postman’s Horse. Pictorial front cover, rear cover is a list of Warne’s “Excelsior” Toy-Books and Aunt Louisa’s London Toy Books. 240 x 180mm [approx 7” x 9 ½”] thin card wraps, spine a little worn and with short slits at top and tail, a few little marks else a nice bright and clean copy. London Frederick Warne & Co. Not on Copac or British Library listings, but other titles from the series listed as 1870’s and early 1880s
Author .
Date 1878
Binding Thin card pictorial wraps
Publisher Warne
Illustrator Herring [John Frederick Herring Sr]
Condition generally very good
Pages [14]

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