The Pumpkin House; or The Adventures of Little Flora and Jack. By Uncle John.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

New York: McLoughlin Bros. n.d. (ca.1880). 4to. Orig. pictorial wrappers (spine repaired and lightly soiled). Complete with 8 coloured chromo plates mostly full-page. Printed in double-column. A marvelous fantasy about 2 little children who became stranded on an island and must try to survive. They live in a carved out pumpkin "vila" in a shoe and in a hollowed-out tree. After several adventures they are eventually carried back home in a balloon. A rare McLoughlin title.