First Edition Wonderful Rocking Horse Little Margaret's Ride 1880 Mrs Brown POOR

E.P. Dutton & Co., 1880. First American edition antiquarian hardcover of The Wonderful Rocking-Horse; Or, Little Margaret's Ride by Mrs. Frederick Brown and illustrated by her sister Helen Tatham.

Publication date is not printed in the book, but is deduced as circa 1880 per the previous owner's handwritten acquisition date and the book's publication history.

A charming illustrated Victorian children's story, presented in verse, about a young girl named Margaret and her imaginative adventures with her cherished rocking-horse.

POOR CONDITION. The page block is fully detached from the covers. The page block is still bound together as a block. Covers very chipped and worn. Front pages lightly stained to the edges. Pencil scribbling to the back cover, and to the back of the half-title page. One isolated pencil scribble found to the story pages. Story and illustration pages are good. Acceptable reading copy in need of repair.