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London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited 1891. Oblong 4to. This is copy no. 772 of an edition limited to 1,250 copies. Publisher's original gilt-decorated green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Some marks to boards. Internally clean. Contains text and illustrations to the original four books. Printed on one side only. Full-colour illustrations throughout by the author Randolph Caldecott. Colours bright. Binding firm. A VG copy. . Very Good. Cloth. Limited Numbered Edition. 1891.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1883-1889. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 11" by 15". Randolph Caldecott. A collection of drawings by English artist and illustrator, Randolph Caldecott. Caldecott exercised his art in book illustrations. He influenced illustration of children's books in the nineteenth century. These three books have a wide range of illustrations by Caldecott. The first edition of all three of these works. 'More Graphic Pictures' and 'Gleanings from the Graphic' were published posthumously. In the original quarter cloth bindings with pictorial boards. Externally, boards are heavily rubbed, particularly to the extremities. Bumping to the head and tail of spine which are also rubbed. Hinges to all volumes are strained but firm. A few chips to the bottom of pages to the final few leaves of 'Graphic Pictures'. Front endpaper to 'Graphic Pictures' is lacking portions to the head and tail. Endpapers to 'More Graphic Pictures are loosening slightly. Internally, generally… Read More

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1883-1889 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 11" by 15". Randolph Caldecott. A vibrant collection of four first edition picture books by the British illustrator Randolph Caldecott. The first editions of four charmingly illustrated picture books from popular Victorian era artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott.The first work present is 'Randolph Caldecott's Graphic Pictures', published in 1883. With colour illustrations to every page, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Each leaf is printed to one side only, largely by Edmund Evans using his superior six-colour process, but with pages 81-96 printed in fewer colours by Grant & Co. The second work is 'More "Graphic" Pictures', published in 1887, and illustrated in colour to each page, with a colour frontispiece and vignette title page also.The third volume is 'Last "Graphic" Pictures', published in 1888, and illustrated in colour to the recto of each leaf, with a… Read More

London: George Rutledge and Sons, 1889. Hardcover. Orig. boards in a multitude of colors, both front and back. Spines lettered in gilt. Very good. 4 Vols. Caldecott, Randolph. Unpaginated. 25.5 x 37 cm. The complete set of four volumes. Voluminously illustrated with colored lithographs and black and white illustrations by the premier color printer of the 19th century, Edmund Evans. Caldecott died in St. Augustine, Florida in 1886 at the age of forty while on holiday. All spines lettered in gilt -- three in brown cloth and one in navy. All pictorial front covers with interior contents fresh and clean, very slight rubbing to backstrips head and foot.