The Treasure of the Garden. A Play by Jack B. Yeats. Scenes and Characters Together with Book of the Word and Full Directions of Playing on a Miniature Stage. Elkin Mathews [1902]. First Edition. Publisher’s blue titled wrappers, front cover lettered in black together with vignette hand-coloured by the artist, rear cover with publisher’s motif in black. A near fine copy, colouring remains bright & vivid.

Illustrated with Seven full-page plates, front cover portrait of a pirate, a caricature of the publisher and “Stage With Scene Set”. Advertisments for ‘James Flaunty’ (with illustrations) and ‘A Broadsheet’ to last leaf, with other adverts verso rear cover.

Complete as issued, and with all seven plates fully coloured by Jack B. Yeats.

This title was “among Mathews’ most notable books for children.” 200 copies were printed of which only 165 were for sale (Nelson, p. 213).