[Crane, Walter- Cover Art] Holiday Bulletin of Books Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. for 1897

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1897.

First Edition. Original publisher's light green wrappers with darker green nearly whole page cover illustration by Walter Crane, includeing littering, partially in red-brown. 30pp. Includes some rather interesting titles, including the first illustrated book by Jessie Willcox Smith (Evangeline), with a reproduction of an illustration. The Holiday Bulletin is illustrated throughout with line-drawings, illustrations, photos of illustrations, authors, etc. Very good, with minor chipping. Scarce.

Price: $175.00   Item #6312