Beautiful vintage 1922 hardcover edition published by George W. Jacobs & Company, Philadelphia. Features original decorative cloth binding with color illustrations by renowned illustrator Eleonore Plaisted Abbott and black-and-white illustrations by Howard Shenton. Condition is good vintage condition. Binding is intact, pages are complete, and the book includes the original color plates, one is detached. There is age-related wear to the cover and foxing/staining on some pages consistent with a 100+ year-old children’s book. A lovely collectible for fans of Hans Christian Andersen, antique children’s books, or Golden Age illustration.
Complete Set. This is a quite used set. Generally speaking, pages appear rather used. Leather Covers are generally worn around edges.
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA: Eleventh Edition, Vols.
First 2 pages have a tear at the spine of approx.
Book is in overall good conditon. No stains or mildew, all pages turn easily. Book plate illustrations in excellent conditon. This is the first book published by the “cowboy chronicler” Eugene Manlove Rhodes.