CRANE, Walter. Mrs Mundi - At Home - The Terrestrial Ball - R.S.V.P. 2nd edn. Landscape folio. London & Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co. [n.d.]
Vignette title & 24 numbered plates, printed in dark brown on plate paper; some worm damage in lower margin of titlepage & first few leaves. Orig. olive green cloth, bevelled boards, pictorially blocked & lettered in black & gilt; minor repairs to tail of spine, sl. rubbed.
¶A charming volume of original verses accompanied by classical-style line drawings. Mrs Mundi organises a great ball, to which all beings of importance, earthly and otherwise, are invited. Among the guests are Grandmother Earth, Miss Snow and Mr Hail, Lady Venus and General Mars, Madame France, Dame England, Lord Sol and Fair Lady Luna. No date is given for this 2nd edn; the first edition was published in 1875.
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