Author: FRANZ HOFFMANN, TRANSLATED BY "JANET
Title: The Count and the Showman
Description: London, Sunday School Union. 9999. Hardcover, Sm. 8vo; 4" x 6.5". Book, "Janet, from the German of Franz Hoffmann" Both free endpapers missing; binding distorted by damp; some damp stains on inner edges of pages. No date; Sunday School prize label dated 1889. Green cloth with gilt title and picture of showman's caravan. 7 full page engravings. Set on borders of Poland and Prussia, & in Russia. Wicked count has his small cousin, heir to the estates, carried off bythe bear-leader from a travelling menagerie; after many years and vicissitudes the boy is restored to his family. Cannot find another example of this on the net. Poor/No Jacket.

Keywords: Fiction, Children's, Illustration 19th Century Fiction Children's Books


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