Mar 12, 2009 - Sale 2173

Sale 2173 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
WORLD'S FAIR GUIDE FOR CHILDREN (CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) The World's Fair; or Children's Prize Gift Book of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Colored frontispiece and engraved additional title; engraved illustrations throughout. 8vo, publisher's gilt-decorated tan cloth, cocked, spine slightly toned and ends chipped, a few minor spots and bumps; all edges gilt; owner's contemporary ink inscription and the book label of Eric Quayle on front endpaper. London: Thomas Dean & Ackermann, (1851)

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A guide, written for children, to the World''s Fair of 1851 held at the Crystal Palace. The text offers an overview of the customs and culture of the nations represented at the fair and is accompanied by charming vignettes and illustrations. Osborne, page 195.