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CAROVÉ, Freidrich Wilhelm. The Story Without an End [translated by Sarah Austin], London, Sampson Low, 1868, 4°, FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, tinted lithographed additional title, wood-engraved title-vignette, 16 plates by E.V.G. Boyle printed in colour by the Leighton brothers, wood-engraved illustrations (one plate frayed at outer margin, occasional light soiling), contemporary burgundy morocco, upper cover with a centrally-placed ivory panel, with the title in gilt, surrounded by a garland of holly in gilt, red,and green (panel slightly chipped, extremities rubbed, lightly stained) [Osborne pp. 329-30; cf. Gumuchian 434 (first edition)]; and 3 other children's books. (4)