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THE GIRL AND THE FAUN. Hardcover - 1917

by Phillpotts, Eden; Brangwyn, Frank

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J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and Cecil Palmer & Hayward, London: ., 1917 pp. (6), 78 p. + Plus four color plates (reproducing the remarkable art work of Frank Brangwyn). Title page printed in gold, and the whole text is framed in gold decorative pictorial borders - all by Brangwyn. The design on the front board is also by him. Small 4to. 260 mm. Text yellowed and brittle. Original full brown illustrated cloth binding, with paper spine labels, slightly chipped and darkened. Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer. Sir Frank William Brangwyn (1867-1956), was an Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator, and progressive designer. The Fawn here is Pan, the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks. His realm is all of nature. His pleasures are the mountains, hunting, music, and the companionship of nymphs. First American edition. W34 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Fair.
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  • Title THE GIRL AND THE FAUN.
  • Author Phillpotts, Eden; Brangwyn, Frank
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition.
  • Condition Used - Fair
  • Publisher J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and Cecil Palmer & Hayward, London: .
  • Date 1917
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 022ADD63

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