London: Macmillan, 1901. Gilt title to spine with coloured pictorial of victorian child, red title to front with large coloured pictorial in red, blue and black of mother and child looking at shop window on beige cloth boards. Some light marks to boards, a touch of wear to spine head and tail which is also slightly darkened. Back board has gilt motif of The London School Board. The pictorials are still very bright. Internally there is a prize book plate and foxing to endpapers with a few marks to occasional pages else clean, tight and unmarked. Overall a Good + copy. 12 delightful illustrations by Walter Crane. A charming Victorian children's story by the popular Scottish children's author Mary Louisa Molesworth (1839 -1921) first published in 1881. A1C. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Walter Crane. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Goldring Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001867
Title: The Adventures of Herr Baby
Author: Molesworth, Mrs
Illustrator: Walter Crane
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1901
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: MARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH, WALTER CRANE
Bookseller catalogs: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tail: The heel of the spine.