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Cecil Aldin's Merry Party : Anthropomorphic Pigs, Dogs, Cats : Scarce 1st Ed
Cecil Aldin's Merry Party : Anthropomorphic Pigs, Dogs, Cats : Scarce 1st Ed
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CECIL ALDIN'S MERRY PARTY
Published by Henry Frowde, London, 1913. First Edition of this rare Aldin title, featuring anthropomorphic pigs, dogs, cats and bunnies. Hardback, 25 x 22cm, pictorial cloth binding, each story with its own pagination in Roman Numerals. Illustrated by Aldin with 36 tipped-in color plates, six of which are double page, and 36 full-page black-and-white images.
Includes the following stories: "Forager's Hunt"; "Breakfast Master Quack's Water Picnic"; "Rags Garden Party"; "Peter's Dinner Party"; "Tabitha's Tea Party"; and "Humpty & Dumpty's Fancy Dress Ball.
CONDITION
A good first edition and complete in contents. The cloth binding is good with no tearing but does have a light stain to the front board and shows light signs of age (see images). Small nick to cloth at the spine. Endpapers very good. Neat inscription to front endpaper dated 1912. All contents present including all plates and pages in good clean condition throughout. All tipped in plates in very good condition. Overall a very good first edition of this elusive Aldin title.
