1880 Scarce Victorian Book - Standard FAIRY TALES illustrated by Gustave Dore & George Cruikshank.
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Author: Various.
Title: Standard Fairy Tales, Containing Aladdin, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Jack the Giant-Killer, Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, Puss in Boots, Etc., Etc. [Jack and the Beanstalk; Little Red Riding Hood] [The Child's Own Book of Standard Fairy Tales]
Publisher: London, Porter & Coates, no date (circa 1880).
Language: Text in English,
Size : 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages : vi-525 pages + 30 pages of ads.
Binding: Good original decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, upper and lower part of spine worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good content (tight, inner hinges of endpapers creased and worn but still tight, Signature of former owner on the first blank with a woodpecker sticker - as shown, light foxing or staining - mainly on preliminary pages - as shown).
Illustrations: Including illustrations by Gustave Dore & George Cruikshank.
The book: Scarce victorian edition of those standard Fairy Tales, Containing Aladdin, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Jack the Giant-Killer, Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, Puss in Boots, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood.