The Stories of Little Breeches Told, and the Pictures which Charles Bennett Drew for Them

First edition, first printing. 65pp plus 20 black and white plate illustrations. Tissue-guard frontispiece, title page vignette, and 19 further engraved plate illustrations. In green cloth-covered boards with gilt decoration and lettering (boards worn and rubbed at edges, corners rounded, slightly chipped at base of spine) Previous owner's initials on bastard title page. Some mild spotting and fingering marks, two pages have short, circa 1cm, tears at edges). Strong and robustly bound. A delightful collection of short tales, each one other than the first, Little Breeches, illustrated alongside (the illustration for Little Breeches is the frontispiece). Slim 8vo. Bennett, Charles H Illustrated Books, traditional tales, children's books, vintage books