ONCE upon a time, a boy lost his way in a vast forest that filled many a valley, and passed over many a hill, a rolling sea of leaves for miles and miles, further than the eye could reach. His name was Eric, son of the good King Magnus. He was dressed in a blue velvet dress, with a gold band round his waist, and his fair locks in silken curls waved from his beautiful head. But his hands and face were scratched, and his clothes torn with the briars, as he ran here and there like one much perplexed. Sometimes he made his way ...
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ONCE upon a time, a boy lost his way in a vast forest that filled many a valley, and passed over many a hill, a rolling sea of leaves for miles and miles, further than the eye could reach. His name was Eric, son of the good King Magnus. He was dressed in a blue velvet dress, with a gold band round his waist, and his fair locks in silken curls waved from his beautiful head. But his hands and face were scratched, and his clothes torn with the briars, as he ran here and there like one much perplexed. Sometimes he made his way through tangled brushwood, or crossed the little grassy plains in the forest, now losing himself in dark ravines, then climbing up their steep sides, or crossing with difficulty the streams that hurried through them. For a long time he kept his heart up, and always said to himself, "I shall find it, I shall find it;" until, as the day advanced, he was wearied and hungry; and every now and then he cried, "Oh, my father! where is my father! I'm lost! I'm lost!"
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16mo. 17cm, 72, 2p., ads., with 10 tipped-in colour plates on extrastocks grey paper, gilt block titles and colour pictorial grey cloth overboards, t.e.g., very good to fine (col). ~ Beautifully illustrated inwatercolours by Scottish artist, Hannah Clarke Preston MacGoun(1864-1913).
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Fair. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. (CAD) Edition Not Stated Owner' s name in pencil, some spotting and faint stains to pages, rubbing to cover edges with wear to corner tips, Good (-) only used copy; no dust jacket. 19 x 12.5 cm, green cloth with embossed black cursive motif and gold titles, [x], 68pp then 45pp for the Wee Davie story. Frontis illus; B&W illus. These are two 19th century morality tales written for children, by a Scottish clergyman. I believe the first edition is 1876. (1.0 JM hoq 101/a2.
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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Bound in green cloth covered boards with gilt frontal designs and titles. Shipping to cloth at head and foot of spine. Sunday School Paste down presenation label on ffep, and some light soiling to cverd. Clean and tight within-a nice copy!