Skip to product information
Antique children’s book Jolly Times in Animal Land by David Lambert, published in London by Charles H. Kelly.
This is a charming Edwardian animal story book featuring anthropomorphic animals, with a colour frontispiece and decorative illustrated cloth cover. Contemporary reviews show the title was already being advertised in 1907, and your copy has a Sunday School prize inscription dated December 1907, so I’d describe it as c.1907 rather than guess a later date.
The contents include Mrs. Rabbit’s Party, The Concert, Mr. Fox, The Conjurer, The Journey Home, The Squirrels’ Picnic and The Dance.
Condition: Fair antique condition. Decorative blue cloth boards show rubbing, fading, marks and wear to corners and spine ends. Front pasted illustration is heavily rubbed and faded but remains visible. Some foxing and age spotting internally, particularly to preliminary/title pages. Prize inscription to front endpaper dated Dec 1907. Binding shows age wear but remains together. Please see photographs.
Details:
Author: David Lambert
Publisher: Charles H. Kelly, London
Date: c.1907
Hardback
Colour frontispiece / illustrated
Approx. 14 × 10 × 2 cm
Weight: approx. 147 g
Jolly Times in Animal Land David Lambert c1907 Antique Illustrated Children’s Bo
£19.99
Pickup currently not available
This is a charming Edwardian animal story book featuring anthropomorphic animals, with a colour frontispiece and decorative illustrated cloth cover. Contemporary reviews show the title was already being advertised in 1907, and your copy has a Sunday School prize inscription dated December 1907, so I’d describe it as c.1907 rather than guess a later date.
The contents include Mrs. Rabbit’s Party, The Concert, Mr. Fox, The Conjurer, The Journey Home, The Squirrels’ Picnic and The Dance.
Condition: Fair antique condition. Decorative blue cloth boards show rubbing, fading, marks and wear to corners and spine ends. Front pasted illustration is heavily rubbed and faded but remains visible. Some foxing and age spotting internally, particularly to preliminary/title pages. Prize inscription to front endpaper dated Dec 1907. Binding shows age wear but remains together. Please see photographs.
Details:
Author: David Lambert
Publisher: Charles H. Kelly, London
Date: c.1907
Hardback
Colour frontispiece / illustrated
Approx. 14 × 10 × 2 cm
Weight: approx. 147 g