The wonder gift book for children.
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)
Category
Books
Date
1944
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 3220796
Summary
Bibliographic description
319, [1] p., [1] col. leaf of plates (front.) : ill. ; 26 cm. Imperfect: wanting all before p. [3], including t.p., plate and illustrated flyleaf. Provenance: Typescript label on lower pastedown "Donated by Mr. Wooley, 24th October, 1974". Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Boards very worn, text-block damaged, paper edges disintegrating, lower flyleaf fragmentary and detached.
Makers and roles
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), author