The Home Treasury. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. An entirely new edition. With new pictures by an eminent artist. Edited by Felix Summerly.
London: Joseph Cundall, 1843. 23,[1] pages. Illustrated with 4 hand-coloured full-page plates by T. Webster. Original decorative paper-covered boards. 16.5 x 12.5 cm. All edges gilt. First edition thus. Head of spine chipped, and some splitting; else a very good copy of a very scarce title in this series. McLean page 48. In this version the editor has supplied a choice of two endings, 'the traditional ending… but it is a grievous one, which most children dislike – And as I have heard a version related, in which poetical justice is done to the wolf, I insert it for those who prefer it..'
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