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Five Books Centered on Fairies, including:... (Total: 5 Items)
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Five Books Centered on Fairies, including: Lewis Spence. The Fairy Tradition in Britain. New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town: Rider and Company, [1948]. First edition. Octavo. 374 pages. References. Index. Twelve illustrated plates, plus the frontispiece plate. Publisher's black covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, some tiny closed tears and chips to the jacket edges. Altogether a very good copy. Lewis Spence authored this comprehensive reference book, recording every aspect regarding fairies and fairy belief exclusively from the region of the British Isles. [and:] Katharine Briggs. An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures. New York: Pantheon Books, [1976]. First American Edition. Octavo. xiii, 481 pages. Twenty-one illustrated plates, plus several illustrations throughout the text. Book-list. Index. Publisher's black cloth covers with a small illustration stamped in silver and the spine is lettered in silver and gilt. Maroon illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Nancy Arrowsmith with George Moorse. A Field Guide to the Little People. Illustrated by Heinz Coelmann. Calligraphy by Kevin Reilly. New York: Hill and Wang A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1977]. Octavo. 296 pages. Several line drawing illustrations throughout the text. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's brown cloth over olive green board covers with a small blind-stamped illustrations on the front cover. The spine is lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket, with illustrations by Heinz Edelmann and the design by Dorris Huth. Very minor rubbing to the jacket, very few tiny closed tears to the jacket edges. Authors Arrowsmith and Moorse fully clarify the history, habitation, physicality, and characteristics of seventy-nine types of imaginative creatures across the world. [and:] Barbara Ninde Byfield. The Glass Harmonica: A Lexicon of the Fantastical. In Which it is determined that: Wizards see best with their eyes closed, Torturers reek of mutton, cold sweat and rust, It is Unwise to take a Herald on a Picnic, Like Owls, Bells comment, Apprentices cost but little to keep, Bats consider sunlight vulgar, and other revelations of the mystical order of things. Illustrations by the Author. New York: The Macmillan Company. London: Collier-Macmillan Ltd., [1967]. First Printing. Quarto. 160 pages. Copiously illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Cream dust jacket with illustrations and test in red and black, with the illustrations by Barbara Ninde Byfield and the design by Helen Rostagno. Tan coated endpapers. Slight bowing to the covers, minor discoloration to the jacket especially to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. Barbara Ninde Byfield has written and illustrated this incredibly descriptive lexicon of the weird, both delightful to read and look at. [and:] Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. The Little People of the Hills. Arranged and Illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1928]. Octavo. v, 234 pages. Generously illustrated throughout the text. Publisher's green weave textured board covers with a small illustration blind-stamped on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in light green. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some chipping and small tears to the jacket edges, part of the jacket spine is beginning to tear off. Altogether a very good copy. The authors collected the legends, folk-lore, and mythology from Ireland, Wales, Scandinavia, and Germany into this enchanting volume.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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