Pleasant Surprises for Folks of All Sizes Elephants - Juvenile poetry (Children's Books / 19th Century

(Children's Books / 19th Century Illustration / African Americana) HARRIS

locating only eight copies in permanent public or institutional collections worldwide

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Originally published at Christmas 1869 (post-dated 1870)

Pleasant Surprises for Folks of All Sizes Elephants - Juvenile poetry (Children's Books / 19th Century(Toy and Movable Books) PLEASANT SURPRISES FOR FOLKS OF ALL SIZES. London: Ernest Nister; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., circa 1892. FIRST EDITION. Folio 12 7 8" x 10 1 4". Red cloth backed color pictorial paper covered boards with light touches of shelf wear and a minor soiling for what is a magnificent copy of the book. Blue and white floral patterned endpapers with gift inscription dated Xmas 1892 on FFEP; upper hinge weak. [20] pp. including [8]