The Treasure Book of Children’s Verse, Illustrated in colour by M. Etheldreda Gray.
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d].
4to, 336 pp. Mounted color plates. Blue cloth with elaborate gilt peacock design to front cover and backstrip. Bookplate. Binding soft, backstrip sunned, a few spots on the cloth, pages slightly aged toned but overall very good with the plates clean and bright.
§ First edition of this collection made by the sisters of the critic Arthur Quiller-Couch, with fine tipped-in color plates. M. Etheldreda Gray gets a brief mention in Houfe's Dictionary of British Book Illustrators; this book predates titles listed there and might be her first book. Item #126807
Price: $125.00
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