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DOYLE,RICHARD Illustrated by: DOYLE,RICHARD

JACK THE GIANT KILLER

DOYLE,RICHARD DOYLE,RICHARD. JACK THE GIANT KILLER. Lond:Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1888]. 4to, green pict. cloth, beveled edges, some finger soil and a few tiny pinholes in 2 pages else VG. Published after Doyle's death, from the original manuscript. Done with calligraphic text and large full color illus. enclosed in ruled border with Doyle's wonderful little men hanging on. Muir:Victorian Illus. Books p. 102 calls this "astonishing for its precocity." (See Osborne p.29).

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