Fireside Children's Stories 1890 Marie Lucas 16 chromo plates lovely! book

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Juvenile Books, Children's Stories, Illustrated Books).

Told by the Fireside. Illustrated by Marie Seymour Lucas.
Published c. 1890, Philadelphia by J.B. Lippincott Company.
88 pages. Text in English. Profusely illustrated throughout, including 16 color plates printed on one side only. 

A lovely book in clean fresh condition with 16 really nice chromolithographed color plates all worthy of framing.

Publisher's 1/4 cloth binding, chromolithographed pictorial paper covered boards.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 10" H x 8" W.

[B6981].