The Land of Long Ago: A Visit to Fairyland with Humpty
Dumpty.
Ernest Nister; New York: E. P. Dutton, No date but published
in 1898 according to the reference “Peeps Into Nisterland”. Weedon, L. L. - Illus. E. Stuart Hardy. Printed in Bavaria
Contains 6 gorgeous Chromolithographic
pull down pop-ups in perfect all original condition
Pop-ups are Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping
Beauty, Puss in Boots, There Was an Old Woman who lived in a shoe and Beauty
and the Beast.
Sepia line
illustrations on 21 pages of text. Large
oblong format. Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Floral endpapers, no
pagination (18 pages)
Condition: Very Good. The pop-ups are fine. Some of the
pop-ups have a piece of clean reinforcing tape on the underside of the
pull-down only which does not show when the pop-ups are shown. (see photo) Gutters
are slightly cracked and several page gutters have been reinforced with linen archival
tape. The pages have yellowing consistent with age. The boards have some slight
scratching and edge wear – see photos. The
spine is in near fine condition.