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"The Ballad of Mr. Rook" by G.W. and illustrations by Honr . Mrs Percy Wyndham - Smith, Elder, London - 1901 folio sized first edition - 40cmx40cm  - condition: original publisher's binding, wear to binding and rubbing to edges, binding loose, all plates present, name to ffep. The Ballad of Mr. Rook," written by George Wyndham, chief secretary of Ireland, & illustrated by his wife Madeline, to entertain their ill son. The story was published in 1901 in verse form, about a company of rooks (birds smaller than crows) who gather in Clouds, Mr Wyndham's family neighborhood. There the birds find  a safe place to nest & a kind lady to feed them. The bird with the umbrella is based on an illustration from the story, because even delicate Victorian birds need not get wet.

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