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SUMMER AND WINTER by RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS - A BEAUTIFUL 1880s BOOKLET

$ 23.76

Availability: 11 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1920
  • Condition: EXCELLENT - SEE IMAGES & DESCRIPTION FOR DETAILS OF BOOK AND ITS POEM

    Description

    We are offering an 1880s Victorian booklet "
    Summer and Winter"
    by Raphael Tuck & Sons.  (3 1/4" x 4")  Illustrated by Albert Bowers, Bertha Maguire, and Cheverton White.  The booklet was designed and printed at Tuck's studios in England.
    This is a delightful little book with a beautiful poem that begins with summer and then moves on to winter.  Winter symbolizes death, and the poem compares the season to the death of a Christian who will rise again, as the winter sun goes down only to rise again.
    CONDITION: Excellent