The Princess and Curdie

Book Description

London J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1951 Hardcover Later printing 238pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Red and white decorative cloth covered boards, with blue ink stamped titles. Illustrated endsheets. Near fine condition. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with several chips and a small loss from the edges. Illustrated with line drawings and 8 colour plates by Charles Folkard. Folkard was a prolific illustrator of children’s books, starting in his teenage years and continuing through to his late 70’s. He was behind the cartoon character, Teddy Tail, which ran in the Daily Mail newspapers for many decades. He is widely known for his work on the Arabian Nights, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Jackdaw of Rheims, Aesop’s Fables and Pinocchio.

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