Butter-Scotia (Butterscotia) or, A Cheap Trip to Fairy Land
by Parry, Edward Abbott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: David Nutt, 1896 170 pgs + 12 pgs of ads. Grey cloth pictorially stamped in brown (variant binding? Baumgarten records blue cloth stamped in gilt), corners and spine ends slightly bumped, light soil at edges, foxing to first and last few pages, small tear to pull-out map. A fantasy about four children on vacation who encounter a mischievous elf named Krab. Marvelous Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts style artwork throughout including a fold-out map. Scarce.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Archie MacGregor. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009264
- Title
- Butter-Scotia (Butterscotia) or, A Cheap Trip to Fairy Land
- Author
- Parry, Edward Abbott
- Illustrator
- Archie MacGregor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fantasy, elf, elves, Art Nouveau
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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