The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part IV

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Lot 92
  • 92

Macdonald, George

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Macdonald, George
  • Dealings with the Fairies. London: Alexander Strahan, 1867
  • Paper
small 8vo (133 x 107mm.), FIRST EDITION (with 4pp. publisher's adverts at end dated "December 1866"), frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Hughes, green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt and black, gilt edges, green morocco collector's box, contemporary ownership inscription, corners bumped, light soiling on lower cover, spine slightly skewed, head and foot of spine lightly worn, some light foxing and browning

Literature

Shaberman, 31; see Osborne p.368

Catalogue Note

THE FIRST OF MACDONALD'S BOOKS EXPRESSLY INTENDED FOR CHILDREN, including the first appearance of his story 'The Golden Key'. The collection also includes Macdonald's earliest published fairy tale, 'Cross Purposes', which featured in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1862.