The Family Fairy Tales; or, Glimpses of Elfland at Heatherston Hall

Cholmondeley Pennell [ed.]

Verlag: John Camden Hotten, London, 1865

Beschreibung

A smart copy of this very scarce and delightfully illustrated Victorian era volume of fairy tales. The second edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of fairy tales, edited by Victorian poet Henry Cholmondeley Pennell.First published the year prior to this edition, the work contains a number of charming tales, including 'Little Spiderface', 'The Legend of the Little Flower', and 'The Blue Fish'.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five illustrated plates from illustrator M. Ellen Edwards.With sixteen illustrated pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.A charming and scarce mid nineteenth century volume of fairy tales. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with tide marks and damp staining to back strip and rear board. Hinges strained, with boards holding firm. Internally, binding lightly strained to centre of text block. Pages generally clean, with the odd spot and light handling mark throughout. Publisher's catalogue working loose. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 821F34

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Family Fairy Tales; or, Glimpses of ...

Verlag: John Camden Hotten, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1865

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: M. Ellen Edwards

Zustand: Good

Art des Buches: book