Hopgad or the Gnomes of the Black Forest, A Christmas Story for Young Folks
Paris: No publisher listed, 1887, Christmas. F. A. BANNISTER. Cloth. F.A. BANNISTER, illustrator. Printed in London by the National Press Agency, Limited.
8vo; 31pp; gilt-stamped bright blue cloth over beveled board, gilt-stamped vignettes of flowers, and a fairy on a mushroom to front; all edges gilt; black endpapers; 4 full-page woodcut illustrations in sepia; head-piece each chapter; light scuffing to board bottom edge, black mark and scuff to rear cover, front hinge paper has 2” split at head but holding tight, some foxing; very good. No listing in OCLC. Very good. Item #1150
Beautifully bound and illustrated, the author, Master A. Per Lee Plumb identifies himself as a 12 year old living in Paris and dedicates his book to his friends living in America. Ownership on verso of the ffep, is “Mrs. Stephen C. Toof”, perhaps referring to the wife of Stephen Toof, founder of the S.C. Toof & Company printing business founded in Memphis in 1864.
Price: $150.00