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Holme Lee/Reginald Knowles/Horace Knowles - Legends of Fairyland - 1907
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Holme Lee/Reginald Knowles/Horace Knowles - Legends of Fairyland - 1907

Very RARE book...."Legends from the Fairy Land Narrating the History of Prince Glee and Princess Trill, the Cruel Persecutions and Consign Punishment of Aunt Spite, The Adventures of the Great Tuflongbo & the Story of the Blackcap in the Giant's Well"...The scarce first edition of this fairy tail anthology by Holme Lee, with illustrations by Reginald L. Knowles and Horace J. Knowles. Richly illustrated in black and white in text, as well as with sixteen full page plates, by Reginald L. Knowles and Horace J. Knowles. Collated complete. Very beautiful frontispiece with light repair on margins.. With half title. With an introduction by Effie H. Freemantle. A copy of this scarce first edition, which is held institutionally by three libraries only. Book inside in fair to good condition, almost each page illustrated!!! Inside stains through the book especially on margins, illustrations in very good condition. Externally wear on boards with some stains, light wear on corners and edges, head and tail of spine-see photos. Boards and spine a bit faded-see photos as part of description. Beautiful illustrated endpapers. Rarity. Uncommon.

No. 79752747

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Holme Lee/Reginald Knowles/Horace Knowles - Legends of Fairyland - 1907

Holme Lee/Reginald Knowles/Horace Knowles - Legends of Fairyland - 1907

Very RARE book...."Legends from the Fairy Land Narrating the History of Prince Glee and Princess Trill, the Cruel Persecutions and Consign Punishment of Aunt Spite, The Adventures of the Great Tuflongbo & the Story of the Blackcap in the Giant's Well"...The scarce first edition of this fairy tail anthology by Holme Lee, with illustrations by Reginald L. Knowles and Horace J. Knowles. Richly illustrated in black and white in text, as well as with sixteen full page plates, by Reginald L. Knowles and Horace J. Knowles. Collated complete. Very beautiful frontispiece with light repair on margins.. With half title. With an introduction by Effie H. Freemantle. A copy of this scarce first edition, which is held institutionally by three libraries only. Book inside in fair to good condition, almost each page illustrated!!! Inside stains through the book especially on margins, illustrations in very good condition. Externally wear on boards with some stains, light wear on corners and edges, head and tail of spine-see photos. Boards and spine a bit faded-see photos as part of description. Beautiful illustrated endpapers. Rarity. Uncommon.

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