Wonder-Eyes and What-For Part II by Talbot, Eleanor W

[Fairport N.Y].:: O. M. Dunham,, 1880.. First edition.. original color-printed wrappers.. Wrappers nearly detached; minor chipping and light staining.. 8vo,. Illustrated in color throughout..

Fairport, NY: H.A. & J. De Land & Co. , 1880. Tan illustrated wraps, Near fine. 10 pages, 23.5 cm x 19 cm. Wonder-eyes and Whatfor Part II by Eleanor W. Talbot is a children’s book produced by H.A. & L.J. DeLand & Co. the manufacturers of DeLand’s Chemical Baking Powder. The first page has a child’s name written in cursive with Lewis County, NY under it. Deland’s was the second producer of baking powder in the country, beginning their manufacturing in 1852. The product came to be called Cap Sheaf Soda. Some blank pages stained from opposing page's illustrations, Binding torn in some places.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: 26 Wellington Street, 1891. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Contains: Christmas Number 1885: Self or Bearer by Walter Besant. Complete short novel. Christmas Number 1886: The Holy Rose by Walter Besant. Complete short novel. Christmas Number 1887: "I'll Tell Thee, Dick, Where I Have Been" by Arthur Patterson, edited by Walter Besant. Complete short novel. Christmas Number 1888: short stories including: What Became of Mr Blindweed by B. L. Farjeon, My Wonderful Dream by C. L. Pirkis, The Cardinal's Hands by Frederick Talbot, A Cold Christmas by Eleanor C. Price, Doctor Cornelius by Rita. Christmas Number 1890: "Merry, Merry Boys" by B. L. Farjeon. Complete short novel. Spring Number 1891: short stories including: Loveday by Rita, A House of Echoes by C. L. Pirkis, A Whisper by Esme Stuart, Measure for Measure by Mrs Leith Adams, Redmayn's Wife by T. W. Speight. Christmas Number 1891: An Outstanding Debt by Mary Angela Dickens. Complete short novel. 8 issues… Read More

Boston: Lee and Shepard , 1885. Hardcover. Fair. Unpublished. 18 x 25 cm. Colour plates. Leather covers with gold trim. All edges gilt. Spine missing and front board and endpaper detached. Boards a bit warped. A few illustrations scuffed, possibly from opposite page sticking. Inspiration quotations from scripture, Shakespeare, etc.

London:: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. [copyright O. M. Dunham],, [1880].. publisher's illustrated boards.. 1880 ink ownership signature; very light and inoffensive dampstaining; small chips to the spine and corners; promotional booklet stained and stitched at the spine.. 4to,. Illustrated in color on every page.. Accompanied by a 9-leaf promotional booklet for this book and H.A. & L.J. DeLand & Co of Fairport, New York.

New York, London & Paris: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co., 1882. 9.75 x 7.75", color illustrated printed board, 22 leaves printed to recto only, highly illustrated in color on every page. Wear to all corners and edges, binding loose and cracked at front and rear joints, smudging staining to pages, offsetting of each illustration to back of facing blank page, title page detached. Signed in pencil on first blank, "Miss Gertie Ward, Xmas 1884".

London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1880 60 leaves printed on rectos only. Color pictorial boards with a 2" abrasion to front cover, heavy shelf wear, losss to spine ends, gift inscriptions and a few small marks inside but generally clean. Entertaining verse accompanied by color artwork on every page. The verses and images range from everyday scenes, whimsy and nearly fantastical, including a humanized kite, cat and insects. Originally published in booklet format in 3 volumes. Scarce.. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. 4to.

Boston:: Lee and Shepard Publishers,, 1885.. publisher's decorated cloth; a.e.g.. There is a minor repair to the verso of one of the movable parts; contents otherwise fine. Light use to cloth; tight and sound. . Oblong 8vo,. Added chromolithographic title page in gold and colors; illustrated dedication leaf plus 15 chromolithographic plates, of which two are movable..