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| This item is an unpaginated paper cover children's book. It is Alfred Crowquill's Fairy Tales - Tiny and Her Vanity: or, Self-Opinion. Written and Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. New York: Published by Dinsmore & Co... 1858. Eight full page color illustrations printed in oil colors by Holland and Moffitt, 16 Franklin Street Boston. Frontispiece is captioned Tiny Caught at Her Looking Glass. Charming fantasy illustrations of a fairy and various animals in different nature scenes. Animals include wise owl, squirrel and guinea pig, black tortoise and giraffe, frog and fish, blue titmouse and the paper nautilus. Also includes arum lily and violets. The back cover is an engraving of large family in a Victorian parlor. A woman is seated at a sewing machine. It is captioned Hunt, Webster & Co.. Sewing Machines, Boston, New York and Elsewhere. |n||n|Condition: well read; heavy wear. Old sewing repair; few loose pages. A scarce item with charming fantasy illustrations |
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