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Nests and Eggs Shown to the Children — A.H. Blaikie | T.C. & E.C. Jack | 48 Colour Plates | Inscribed 1913 | Good Condition
Nests and Eggs Shown to the Children — A.H. Blaikie | T.C. & E.C. Jack | 48 Colour Plates | Inscribed 1913 | Good Condition
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A charming Edwardian nature book for children — and one that has clearly been loved.
Nests and Eggs Shown to the Children is the seventh volume in the celebrated Shown to the Children series, edited by Louey Chisholm and published by T.C. & E.C. Jack of London and Edinburgh. Illustrated by A.H. Blaikie with text by J.A. Henderson, it contains 48 full-page colour plates depicting birds' nests and eggs in their natural settings — delicate, precise watercolour studies that remain genuinely beautiful over a century after they were painted. The series was one of the most popular children's natural history imprints of the Edwardian era, designed to introduce young readers to the natural world with warmth, simplicity and very good illustration.
This copy carries a lovely ownership inscription to the front endpaper: "Nigel / from Mother / June 25. 1913." A mother giving her son a nature book in the summer of 1913 — a small, ordinary act of love recorded in ink and surviving intact for over 110 years. The inscription also helps date this copy to the early years of the series, making it one of the earlier printings.
Condition: Good, consistent with age and honest use. The binding is firm and entirely sound. The spine shows light scuffing to the head and tail consistent with regular shelf use. The endpapers show toning and foxing as expected on a book of this age and paper stock. The 48 colour plates are present and clean throughout — the illustrations themselves have held up beautifully, which is where it matters most.
About this edition: The Shown to the Children series was produced without dates on the title page — the inscription of June 25th 1913 in this copy provides unusually precise dating, placing it firmly in the early years of the series and making it a more historically specific object than most surviving copies.
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