Charles Henry BENNETT

First edition, illustrated with numerous wood engravings by Charles Henry Bennett, signed with his characteristic monogram, including a frontispiece and an ornamented title page. A publisher's catalogue of other children's books available from Griffith and Farran is bound in at the end of the volume.

Publisher's red cloth binding, boards blind-stamped, humorous design with the title and illustrator's name lettered in gilt on the upper cover, smooth spine with the title lettered in gilt and ornamented. Binding rubbed and soiled, joints partly split, some soiling to the leaves.