Queen of Hearts Damson Tarts Fantasy cards 1869 McLoughlin color juvenile book Fort of the Searpe Publisher's color lithographed pictorial paper

Publisher's color lithographed pictorial paper wrappers

Binding remains tight and sound

leather slightly dried and scuffed but still supple

A New General and Universal Atlas

Queen of Hearts Damson Tarts Fantasy cards 1869 McLoughlin color juvenile book Fort of the Searpe Publisher's color lithographed pictorial paperJoyful Tales The Queen of Hearts and the Damson Tarts. Published NY, John McLoughlin c. 1869. 16 pp. counting covers. chromolithographs of wood engravings. Art by Cogger. . All pages printed on one side only. Spine paper split, covers detached and separated, one image with long closed tear across it, two facing pages with adhesion pull, pages loose, still mostly clean, etc. This is what a much loved and well read handled 19th century juvenile looks