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London, Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd, (1905).. FIRST EDITION (1905), miniature book, 79 x 79 mm, 3 x 3 inches, light grey green cloth, red and black illustration to upper cover, top edges red, 83 pages. 20 red and black and white plates each facing text, both printed on thick card, 1 side only. A couple of minute marks to lower cover, expertly restitched, no inscriptions. A near Fine clean tight copy. Nancy, with the help of her kite, climbs on a rainbow and goes to Rainbow Land where a beautiful fairy acts as her guide. She finds out that everything that will be invented already exists in Rainbow Land including flying machines and an automobile that travels at 200 miles per hour. But she also meets a dragon that the fairy cannot control. The dragon frightens Nancy and her kite enables her to return to earth where no-one believes her story. The final plate on rear pastedown has a key to the weird creatures in the story. No. 10 in a list of 10 Humpty Dumpty Books for Children inside upper cover, 'The… Read More