The Circus and All About It 19th century parlor games - Specimen " on half-title page

" on half-title page

all printed in black to front wrapper and publisher's advertisement within a decorative border

a baby boy on the floor playing with a ball

Because these thin wrappers were almost invariably destroyed by handling or stripped away for collective library bindings

The Circus and All About It 19th century parlor games - Specimen " on half-title pageSmith, E. Boyd. THE CIRCUS AND ALL ABOUT IT. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company,(1909). Oblong 4to 8 1 8" x 10 7 8". Blue cloth covered boards with large color pictorial glazed paper paste on to the front cover for what is a bright, clean, un worn copy of the book. Color pictorial priced ($2. 50) DUST WRAPPER with wear to the head and tail of spine and to flap fold corners, a small chip to upper edge of front panel, several short closed margin