1875 Walter Crane : Blue Beard : Baby's Own A B C : Red Riding Hood : VGC

1875 Walter Crane : Blue Beard : Baby's Own A B C : Red Riding Hood : VGCThe Blue Beard Picture Book Containing Blue Beard, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and The Bean Stalk and Baby's Own A B C Thirty Two Pages of Illustrations by Walter Crane Published by George Routledge and Sons, London, 1875. FIrst Edition. Original blue gilt cloth pictorial boards. Measuring 9. 5 inches by 7. 5 inches. With wonderful and vibriant illustrations by Walter Crane, printed in colour by Edmund Evans. CONDITION The book is in very attractive

All four volumes finely bound by Riviere & Son in full red goatskin with gilt rules to all boards and gilt to spines

as well as 31 pencil drawings by Edwards

Browning's early career began promisingly

which caused controversy when released due to the religious

Belt and Tassel

The leather binding is good

Gilt to all page edges

Also bound in the book is 'Familiar Talks'

French Language

Pages in very good clean condition throughout with perhaps just the odd faint mark to the odd page

deploying astronomy

Published by George Virtue : London