Description

Hardcover, dark blue cloth in unclipped dust-jacket. 219pp., Illustrated with line drawings by Harold Jones. A compilation of stories about toys and dolls, the stuff of childhood so loved and intimate, only to be abandoned with age. Selections include tales from Katherine Mansfield, Richard Hughes, E. Nesbit, Charled Kingsley, Hans Andersen, and even Mao Tse Tung, among others. No previois ownership marks. Original price on inner flap covered by updated publisher’s price. First edition, frst printing with no additional impressions listed on copyright page. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.