Fairy & Folktales
London [&c.], Longmans, Green, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.
The only children's book by the author of Cold Comfort Farm, written for her daughter Laura, born that year; a fairy tale in which little Gerda is taken prisoner by elves, kept in a cave with an old gnome, and rescued by the princess of the fairies. No nasty things in the woodshed, though one feels Gibbons of all people earned the right. With Townsend's two-colour illustrations throughout. Genuinely uncommon: Gibbons is collected on the strength of one immortal novel, and this, a low-survival children's book from her most fertile decade, is among the hardest of her titles to find in good order.
Fairy & Folktales
London, Chapman & Hall, '1878' (manually added in ink).
'New Edition'. 8vo. Full green calf, gilt roll borders with cornerpieces to covers, spine elaborate gilt compartments with contrasting leather title label.
Samuel Lover (1797–1868) was an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and portrait painter, chiefly in miniatures. He first published Legends and Stories of Ireland in 1832, illustrated by himself, drawing on his knowledge of rural Ireland, its customs and characters. A fine binding.
Fairy & Folktales
London, Naldrett Press, 1954.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Fairy & Folktales
London, Lindsay Drummond, 1949.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
A collection of the stories told by the Arab Tribes of the Lower Euphrates.