Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple, and His Five Disciples, Noodle, Doodle, Wiseacre, Zany, and Foozle by Alfred Crowquill

London: Turner & Co., 1861. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good. Lacks frontispiece. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Bumping to corners and spine ends with chipping to cloth at spine ends. Minor soiling to boards. Fading and one small hole to spine. Minor rubbing. Ownership inscription to half-title page. Foxing to first and last few pages and lightly to margins throughout. Handmade snowflake cut from a newspaper laid in. Snowflake has caused minor browning to pages on either side. Cracks to binding in a few places though it remains secure. Else is clean and bright with wonderful black and white illustrations throughout. 223 pages + publisher's ads. LIT/061526