Victorian "Toy Story" Art Nouveau Book: Adventures in Toyland by Edith King Hall, order illustrated by Alice B. Woodward

1897 first edition of this fantasy adventure in which toys come to life, fetchingly illustrated in Art Nouveau style.

London: Blackie & Son Ltd. Quarto. 9'' x 6.75''. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in white, orange, green, and black, with gilt lettering. All edges gilt, blue coated endpapers. Illustrated by Woodward with 8 full-page color plates and in-text black-and-white images throughout in Art Nouveau style. xii, 13-152 pages. Ink owner name dated 1897 on front fly leaf. Faint line of abrasion on frontispiece, line of fading along fore-edge of boards, just a bit of spotting. Very good. order