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Used-Good. Good hardback. Undated-gift inscription dated 1900 indicates this may be a reprint. Small book (12 x 13cm approx. ) in white cloth with black & red; all page edges gilt. Colour illustrations. Scattered light foxing; cloth a little soiled by use, with rubbing to illustration on front board.

No date or edition statement, around 130 pages, illustrated (some colour), covers protected with clear tape stuck down to inside covers, page edges tanned.

A charming picture book containing four stories for children, illustrated in colour by the noted illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Rebound, lacking the title page and publication information.  R. Caldecott's Picture Book number one, comprising four tales for children, charmingly illustrated in both black and white and in colour. The tales being William Cowper's The Diverting History of John Gilpin: showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again; The House That Jack Built; The Babes in the Wood;  and An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.  A lovely, entertaining copy with rhyming tales, illustrated and compiled by the noted illustrator Randolph Caldecott, who greatly influenced the illustrations of nineteenth century children's books.  With various plated both in colour and in black and white to embellish and enrich the volume. Rebound in quarter vellum with cloth covered boards and marbled boards. Externally very smart with slight shelf wear and a slight rubbing to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally clean throughout with the occasional handling mark and the odd spot to the occasional leaf. The plate facing page eighteen to 'An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog' is chipped to the lower gutter, affecting the text on page 20. Illustrated with various plates both in black and white and in colour. Good.

A charming picture book containing four stories for children, illustrated in colour by the noted illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Rebound, lacking the title page and publication information.  R. Caldecott's Picture Book number one, comprising four tales for children, charmingly illustrated in both black and white and in colour. The tales being William Cowper's The Diverting History of John Gilpin: showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again; The House That Jack Built; The Babes in the Wood;  and An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.  A lovely, entertaining copy with rhyming tales, illustrated and compiled by the noted illustrator Randolph Caldecott, who greatly influenced the illustrations of nineteenth century children's books.  With various plated both in colour and in black and white to embellish and enrich the volume. Rebound in quarter vellum with cloth covered boards and marbled boards. Externally very smart with slight shelf wear and a slight rubbing to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally clean throughout with the occasional handling mark and the odd spot to the occasional leaf. The plate facing page eighteen to 'An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog' is chipped to the lower gutter, affecting the text on page 20. Illustrated with various plates both in black and white and in colour. Good.

A charming illustrated picture book comprising of four tales for children. Comprising of The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House that Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog and The Babes in the Wood. Compiled and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Originally these four tales were issued as separate picture books. Posthumously, this series was created with several stories per book. Caldecott was a well known illustrator and the Caldecott medal was named in his honour. He influenced the illustration of nineteenth century children's books. In original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine and to the extremities. Spine has faded. Small score mark to the front board from the head to the tail. Offsetting to the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Tape repairs to pages 10-14 of John Gilpin at the gutter. Chipping to the foredge of several leaves. Closed tears to a few leaves, not affecting the text. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spots. Good.

Very good in very good dustwrapper. Panel corners bumped, light yellow stain on bottom edge of back panel, light browning of pages, a very light crease in top corner of pages, dustwrapper shows spine and cover edges browned, light brown stain on bottom edge of back cover, 1&1/4in closed line tear on top of back cover near spine, 1/2in closed line tear on top of front cover near spine, edges and ends rubbed with a few tiny tears, a few light smudge marks, book shows decorative front panel and color illustrations, clean text and solid binding.