London: "The Children's Companion". Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Spotting to page edges. Some spotting throughout. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Rubbing and up to 1" loss of outer paper at corners of boards. ; Unpaginated. 98 pages + colour frontis + 3 colour plates. Illustrated card wrappers with cloth spine. Illustrated. No date [c. 1920's]. Page dimensions: 244mm x 179mm. Stories include: The Smile Of The Sea Princess; The Fairy Of Simple Joy; The Magic Knitting; The Little Mermaid; The Brave Tin Soldier. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8330
Title: About Fairies Old And New
Illustrator: Robinson, H. K. A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: "The Children's Companion"
Place of Publication: London

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