Tom the Piper's Son (Marspen Series No. 17) Illustration art - Specimen dressed and colored to represent

dressed and colored to represent Little Red Riding Hood with light rubbing along spine and a crease at the legs for what is a beautiful copy of the book

EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000831

This specific lot comprises the rare

Plain endpapers with evidence of a bookplate having been removed from FFE

Tom the Piper's Son (Marspen Series No. 17) Illustration art - Specimen dressed and colored to represent(Shape Books) TOM THE PIPER'S SON (Marspen Series No. 17). [London]: Marks & Spencer Ltd, not after 1917; dated from another copy in the same series held by Princeton University Library containing an inscription dated 1917. FIRST EDITION. 8vo 9 1 2" x 5 9 16". Staple bound die cut color pictorial stiff paper wrappers with light rubbing along spine, light creasing, most visible in raking light and a rusty staple; back cover with advertisement for