Buy this book on-line PARRY,His Honourable Judge EDWARD PARRY: : BUTTERSCOTIA OR A CHEAP TRIP TO FAIRYLANDLONDON.DAVID NUTT,1896. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB, no dw/dj - as issued(?),1st edn.VG.Neat,black ink,dated Christmas gift
presentation inscrptn [Aunt to nephew] to half-title page,and assumed recipient's black ink,facsimile signature stamp to both front+rear pastedowns,no dw/dj - assumed as issued.Lightly grubbed grey/
green,and brown ink pictorially decorated cloth bds (upper bd + spine/backstrip only),with negligible shelf-wear and light
bumping to edges and corners,and plain white/cream eps.Spine/backstrip
inevitably but lightly browned/darkened with both head+foot of same minimally bumped,creased with some light fraying - generally solid and sound though.Top+fore-edges aged/darkened,all edges deckled (untrimmed),contents generally clean with minimal foxing.B/w line illus opposite pp88 loose but in situ,along with double-page b/w illus between pp96/7 similar, other illustrations all called for (present) and affixed in situ.8vo,3-169pp[paginated] includes 12 chapters,32 b/w line illus,all by Archie MacGregor - 5 of which are full-page with aged tissue guards,and 1 of the 5,a double-page illus (loose),throughout the text and the book;
publisher's 12pp catalogue to rear,plus 2pp publisher advert for author's previously published prequel 'KATAWUMPUS',
plus [unpaginated] half-title-page,tissue
guarded b/w line illus frntis,b/w line illustrated title-page(dated 1896), dedication,contents+illus lists/tables,b/w
folding map,and musical notation+words of
a song - verso of which is slightly grubbed/marked.
Regarded as an imitation of Alice in Wonderland in some sources,is a wonderful fantasy tale in similar style.Described honestly and fairly due to value,still a nice,acceptable, complete copy which could
appreciate minimal,sympathetic restoration!
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