1880 Rare Book - The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Illustrated by Crowquill.(Description) Author: Rudolf Erich Raspe. Alfred Henry Forrester (Alfred Crowquill), illustrator. Title: The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen with Illustrations by Alfred Crowquill (Alfred Henty Forrester). Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates, no date (circa 1880). Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 5 " X 5 ". Pages: xxiii 283 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good original gilt decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine,

depicted through the imaginative illustrations by William Brunton

sailor and soldier

providing context and insight into the life of the author alongside his timeless poems

Illustrations: Complete with 23 illustrations and 8 colored plates by Gordon Browne

gift note of a previous 1853 owner on the second blank page - as shown

have captivated both children and adults for generations

Often referred to as "The American Oscar Wilde

The author: George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author

Illustrations: Illustrated with a nice frontispiece by Margaret W

the daughter of a surgeon in the Indian military service John Proudfoot Stratton (1830–1895) and Georgina Anne Anderson

Binding: Attractive and very good original pictorial full-cloth binding (hinges fine

a product of Jean Woods Finley's creative genius