Fairy Stories with a Purpose: Truths and Fancies from Fairy Land
by ADAMS, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), Brothers GRIMM
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1874 (no Edition stated, but revised edition with new engraved title page and illustrations). Introduction credited to W.H Davenport Adams. Frontispiece ("The Fairy of the Lake)", engraved title ("Oberon and Titania") and 3x further full-page plates ("The Fairy Queen", "The Proposal", "The Moonlight Revel"), with engraved headers / tailpieces. Good condition. Rebacked with original spine and new endpapers. Owner's name "Alice Waller" to preliminary blank. Spotting to prelims, with very occasional scattered spots internally.
A volume of stories relating to fairies (perplexingly with an inset cover illustration of Little Red Riding Hood). The stories included are "The Fairy Palace", "The Wonderful History of King Charming and Princess Rosetta", "The Wood-Elves", "The Story of Sir Modestus and the Lady Isoline", "A Story from the East", "The Three Wishes", "The Virgin Wanderer", "The Fairy of the Lake".
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- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 939
- Title
- Fairy Stories with a Purpose
- Author
- ADAMS, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), Brothers GRIMM
- Illustrator
- H RICHTER, Thomas STOTHARD, R. LESLIE
- Format/Binding
- Original rust-brown covers lettered / decorated in black and gold with inset illustration of Red Riding Hood. Rebacked.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, Edinburgh & New York
- Date Published
- 1874
- Pages
- 161
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fairy ; Fairies ; Faerie ; Fairy Queen ; Story ; Stories ; Brothers Grimm
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20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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