(Toy Books) TALES AND PICTURES. [London]: [Publisher not identified], circa 1871. 8vo - 9-9/16" x 7-1/8". Color pictorial stiff paper wrappers, string-bound as issued, with various advertisements on pp. [2-4] of wrappers with no faults to be found for what is a fresh, lovely copy of the book. [18] pp. including wrappers. This is a children's magazine filled with stories and verses about cats and kittens and dolls and toys, all things that would be of interest to a child; illustrated with four beautiful full page chromolithograph, one of which is signed "N. Culpeper," with additional black and white drawings within text; one small area of discoloration in the margin of one of the chromolithographs, otherwise the book is pristine internally. The condition of the book is FINE. No copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. RARE #000930