The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes
$40.00
Edith Howes turns the natural world into a realm of imaginative stories, introducing young readers to flowers, insects and other living things through fairy-tale storytelling. First published in 1910, this work is part of the early children's writing of the New Zealand author. This undated Cassell clothbound edition credits four colour illustrations by Frank Watkins.
- Author: Edith Howes
- Illustrator: Frank Watkins
- Publisher: Cassell and Company Ltd
- Publication date: Undated
- Edition / printing: Undated Cassell edition; printing not stated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Language: English
- ISBN: None — pre-ISBN edition
Condition
Green cloth boards are faded, marked and scuffed, with a sunned spine and rubbing at the spine ends and corners. Pages and edges are age-toned with foxing. No dust jacket.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, CHILDREN & BABIES, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, FICTION BOOKS, NZ BOOKS, NZ FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY, VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOKS
Type: CHILDREN & BABIES
Category: A0013, BOOKS, CASSELL AND COMPANY LTD, CHILDREN & BABIES, EDITH HOWES, FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, FICTION, NATURE STORIES, NZ BOOKS, NZ FICTION, VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOKS
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