first edition green pictorial stamped cloth (a bit dulled), light pencil annotations on index leaves identifying about a dozen original source
1863 · London and Cambridge
by [CRAIK (Dinah Mulock)] by the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman"
[CRAIK (Dinah Mulock)] by the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman":
The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories selected and rendered anew.
London and Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1863.
Circular engraved title vignette exquisitely designed by J. Noel Paton with anonymous woodcut initial letters.
Small 8vo., green pictorial stamped cloth (a bit dulled), light pencil annotations on index leaves identifying about a dozen original source.
First edition.
An important collection of 36 traditional tales culled from the works of Perrault, d'Aulnoy, the Bros Grimm, fokelore and legend, here newly translated and re-written to create a pleasurable experience for modern British children. In some instances various versions have been collated, compared and combined. In all, there is no moral lesson to be learnt that cannot be self-understood from the text. (Inventory #: BB064)
The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories selected and rendered anew.
London and Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1863.
Circular engraved title vignette exquisitely designed by J. Noel Paton with anonymous woodcut initial letters.
Small 8vo., green pictorial stamped cloth (a bit dulled), light pencil annotations on index leaves identifying about a dozen original source.
First edition.
An important collection of 36 traditional tales culled from the works of Perrault, d'Aulnoy, the Bros Grimm, fokelore and legend, here newly translated and re-written to create a pleasurable experience for modern British children. In some instances various versions have been collated, compared and combined. In all, there is no moral lesson to be learnt that cannot be self-understood from the text. (Inventory #: BB064)