(Upton, Florence K.) illustrator. THE GOLLIWOGG'S BICYCLE CLUB by Florence K. Upton; words by Bertha Upton; Authors of The Adventures of "Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg," "The Vegemen's Revenge," &c. London; New York; Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co., [1896], (1896). FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to - 8-11/16" x 11-1/4". Blue cloth backed color pictorial glazed paper covered boards with light rubbing to three of the four corners, but with no other rubbing or wear at all, and with minor soiling for what is a very lovely copy of the book. Swan motif endpapers with previous owner's name neatly written on front paste-down, vertical crease to FFEP, and minor darkening to the FFEP and RFEP. 62, [1] pp. The book, written in verse by Bertha Upton, sees Golliwogg catch the bicycle craze, so he and his Dutch doll friends build themselves a bicycle and go traveling in many different lands; illustrated by Florence K. Upton, Bertha's daughter, with thirty-one wonderful full page chromolithographs, plus numerous sepia drawings within text; internally the book is fine. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. # 000859