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Printed quarto booklet. Old Janet's Christmas Gift.

ref. 13337 — 'No. 3. Coloured Series.' London: S. W. Partridge & Co. 9 Paternoster Row. 1870s. 17pp. 4to. Three illustrations: one in colour on the cover and one each in black and white on the back wrap. The last page of text numbered 17 is on the back inner wrap followed by a decorative presentation of a biblical text. Covering the back outer cover is a black and white decorative representation of the text 'GLORY TO GOD ON EARTH PEASE GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. IN THE HIGHEST' engraved by 'T. M.'. In coloured wraps with attractive cover carrying a large coloured illustration of Old Janet and three others looking at a donkey. In fair condition on aged and worn paper with short closed tear at spine. Scarce: no copy in the British Library and the only copies on COPAC at Cambridge and the Victoria & Albert Museum. 'No. 3. Coloured Series.' London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 9, Paternoster Row. [1870s.] paperback