Cassell's Annual for Boys & Girls 1909 First Edition

This is the first edition of "Cassell's Annual for Boys and Girls", published by Blackie and Son and Cassell. It is a collection of stories, poems, and articles targeted towards young audiences including: "Teddy’s Ostrich Drive", "That Tempting Apple Pie", "The Whisper-Whispers", "Soldiers", "Pricking Bill and the Ælling", "The Teddy Bear", "Frømusikerne" (The Frog Musicians), and more. It is illustrated with numerous plates in black and colour in and out of the text. The copy is preserved in the publisher's slipcase in green percaline, polychrome decoration on the spine and on the upper cover, gilt title and gilt edges. Condition: Rubbed caps, corners and other cover. Front cover very well preserved. Solid hinge. Interior in very good fresh condition. Good copy. [collective] Cassels Annual for boys and girls London, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, 1909 in-4 (28 x 21,5 cm); unpaginated, around a hundred pages (complete) Subject: Enfantina Cassels Annual for Boys and Girls polychrome cardboard.