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[Maclaren, Archibald (ed.), and Edward Burne-Jones (illus.)], THE FAIRY
FAMILY: A SERIES OF BALLADS & METRICAL TALES ILLUSTRATING THE FAIRY
MYTHOLOGY OF EUROPE (London: Longman Brown Green Longmans &
Roberts, 1857). First edition, 19 x 13cm (8vo), in publisher's
dark green rib-grain cloth w/embossed design to covers & gilt
decorations & title to spine, pale pink ep.s, [i-iii] iv-xv [xvi],
[1-3] 4-283 [284] + tissue-guarded steel engraved frontis & prelim
titlepage, & wood engraved tailpiece, all after Burne-Jones, [1]
2-4 (publ. adverts) pp. Printed by Spottiswoode & Co.,
London. With the pencil sig. & date (1860) of Agnes H. Haer
to recto of frontis. Binding Good (spine sunned [edges of covers
less so], extremities sl. bumped & worn, & hinges starting);
contents Very Good (a couple of sections sl. proud). White
175-76, Reid 99 & 274, Osborne 37, Fredeman 92.1, Ray 182, de
Beaumont 195, Goldman 305 (see also p.11). (Inv. #588) C$1,200 Home Page |