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Slateandpencil-vania : being the adventures of Dick on a desert island

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · 1885 · London : Marcus Ward & Co., limd. · 16 pictures

Slateandpencil-vania is a children's picture book by Walter Crane, published in London by Marcus Ward & Co. in 1885, telling the shipwreck and island adventures of a boy named Dick. Its pages pair framed hand-lettered captions with colour-printed scenes in flat, outlined figures, with a clear, decorative picture-and-text layout a designer could borrow for storybook panels.

Illustrated children's books

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