PINK KNIGHT by MONSELL, J.R

Chatto and Windus, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Third Edition. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with lettering. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling and cracking to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.

NY: Frederick A Stokes (1901). 24mo.; cloth backed illustrated boards, hardcover; 94 pages; color illustrations; former owner's name and gift inscription on front endpapers and former owner's name and date stamp on title page; boards are heavily edgeworn and soiled else very good tight copy.

Published By Grant Richards, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. No Edition Remarks. 94 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Colour illustrated plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some noticeable looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1901 Cloth over illustrated paper boards. 12mo. First edition. Very good. Extremities worn. Paper worn at the rear gutter. Illustrated in color throughout.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

, 94 pages, 23 coloured illustrations. No.8 of 'The Dumpy Books for Children' series.

London: Chatto & Windus. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. sm 4to 5" tall. J. R. Monsell. This is the third edition of the children's book originally published in the "Dumpy Book" series in 1901. A near fine copy in blue boards with a tipped in illustration to top board. The story concerns a dragon which eats the King's cook and is then killed by the Pink Knight who married the King's daughter as a reward. The King's cook is rescued from the dragon's innards and gives the dragon's heart to the knight whereupon the heart turns into a handsome young man. (?!). Presentation inscription from the Irish illustrator and author, Jack Monsell, "for a good girl" on a preliminary blank. Printed on one side of page only. Dustwrapper repaired and a bit grubby (see photos) but is now protected with clear plastic. The Chatto edition not located in COPAC.

London, England: Grant Richards, 1903. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. J.R. Monsell. No.8 of 'The Dumpy Books for Children' series. 32mo, 5 in. x 3.2 in. pp. 94. Twenty-three colored illustrations. Tan cloth boards with red and black pictorial of two children holding book with black title. Black title with red and black colored children reading books on the spine. Rubbing to extremities. A few scuffs and light soiling to covers. Spine lean. Light spotting to endpapers; age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior; spine and hinges tight; colors are bright. Wil the fat, good-hearted soldier find a way to kill the dragon? Can the chef be rescued, and thus save the day for the king? Will the king's beautiful daughter find true love? All this and more in this short fairy tale.

London: Grant Richards, 1901. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fair. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 1st edition. A Fair copy. 32 mo., 94 pp., illustrated with color drawings. Bound in Light gray cloth, striped and titled in green. The boards are soiled. Front hinge cracked through, rear hinge barely holding. A Fair copy. *** Number 8 of the publisher's series: The Dumpy Books for Children. ***.