Th. Nast's Illustrated Almanac for 1872 Birthdays - Juvenile poetry " Housed in the original

" Housed in the original publisher's light brown

one page with a short closed tear measuring 5/8" long at lower gutter

The light vertical scratches seen in the upper part of the photograph are clearly visible in the original negative

illustrated by Joe Mugnaini

Th. Nast's Illustrated Almanac for 1872 Birthdays - Juvenile poetry " Housed in the original(Nast, Thomas) illustrator. TH. NAST'S ILLUSTRATED ALMANAC FOR 1872. [New York]: Harper and Brothers, (1871). FIRST EDITION. 8vo 8" x 5 9 16". Sandy brown pictorial paper wrappers with decoration and lettering printed in black to front and back cover with wear to the head and tail of spine, minor chipping around the edges and a bookseller's label affixed to front for what is a remarkably well preserved copy of a notoriously fragile book. 64, [16] pp.