IN FAIRYLAND a series of pictures from the ELF-world by Richard Doyle with a Poem by William Allingham
by Allingham, William (Illustrated by Richard Doyle)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875. Hardcover. Fair. Brilliant colour-printed Frontispiece + 15 plates by Richard Doyle engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.. Folio (28x38cm) green gilt pictorial cloth (repaired and most of front cover and spine relaid, front cover damp-marked) Edges Gilt, [4]+31 leaves. Most neatly cut and pasted on larger gilt-edged leaves, except for 9 full-page leaves. All printed one side only and most with light marks of former damp. *Second and enhanced edition of this beautifully printed book, which Ruari McLean calls an "outstanding example of Evans's colour printing" and "also Richard Doyle's masterpiece: it contains some of the most entrancing children's book illustrations ever made" (Victorian Book Design 2nd edn. 1972 p184). This copy may have been used by McLean - a cryptic MS note laid in says "V B D 2nd edition, 3 pp. of In Fairyland borrowed by R McL from Aunty Fanny 5.10.70".
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- P75235
- Title
- IN FAIRYLAND a series of pictures from the ELF-world by Richard Doyle with a Poem by William Allingham
- Author
- Allingham, William (Illustrated by Richard Doyle)
- Illustrator
- Brilliant colour-printed Frontispiece + 15 plates by Richard Doyle engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Childrens fairy tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books and Pop-Ups;
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About the Seller
Abbey Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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