The Royal Crown Readers Third Book 1906 Royal School Series Colour Illustrated 
 
Title: The Royal Crown Readers – Third Book
Series: Royal School Series
Publisher & Date: Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, and New York
Published: 1906
 
Early 20th-century school reader with colour and black-and-white illustrations
 
Illustrations
coloured frontispiece “The Golden Touch”
numerous coloured illustrations throughout
black-and-white illustrations throughout
 
Binding
dark green cloth over boards
black decorative borders and design to front and rear board
black title and decorative elements to spine
no dust jacket issued for this format
 
Exterior Condition
robust and intact cloth binding
soft bumping to corners
small corner rips
rubbing to edges and spine ends
light marks and surface scratches
overall presentable early school reader binding
 
Interior Condition
pages tanned with darker endpaper tanning
multiple pencil inscriptions to pastedowns and endpapers (some dated 1926)
occasional pencil underlining pp. 61–65
pages overall neat with:
light marks throughout
occasional light crease
Notable faults (do not affect main text in most cases)
inner margin rip to coloured frontispiece (image not affected)
tiny rip bottom edge pp. 37–38
tiny rip bottom edge pp. 79–80
hole near top of pp. 143–144 (visible in photos)
light gutter cracks between a handful of pages, binding secure
 
Collation
All 208 pages present
 
Size & Weight
approx. 18.3 × 12.7 × 1.9 cm
approx. 308 grams
 
Rarity & Collector Notes
School readers of this period were heavily used and often discarded.
Surviving 1906 copies with colour plates present and intact binding are relatively uncommon.
Appeal for:
collectors of Edwardian children’s schoolbooks
those interested in illustrated readers
history of education / pedagogy collectors
vintage colour illustrated children’s books