The Enchanted Capital of Scotland

A Tale of Mystery and Adventure. From a story told by a Merchant of Edinburgh, Noel K. Fyfe. Retold in words by Isobel K. Steele. Retold in Pictures by Jessie M. King.

KING, Jessie M.

KING, Jessie M. The Enchanted Capital of Scotland A Tale of Mystery and Adventure. From a story told by a Merchant of Edinburgh, Noel K. Fyfe. Retold in words by Isobel K. Steele. Retold in Pictures by Jessie M. King.

Plaid, 1945.

First edition. 4to. Blue cloth lettered in gilt, in wraparound pictorial dustwrapper. Fifty four printed pages, four double page colour illustrations and each page with line drawings. The pictorial dustwrapper is in the same bright colours as the plates inside and has a wraparound scene, depicting famous Scots such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Queen of Scots and Robert Livingstone, along with pipers and Edinburgh's architecture. The cover artwork is not reproduced inside the book. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper.

Jessie M. King's final illustrated book. A fairy tale telling of a group of children on a trip to Edinburgh, drawn as the city might be seen through the eyes of a child. The story should "bring back memories of similar adventures to all who have spent their childhood in Edinburgh."
"Jessie made the whole book one extended design with drawings weaving in and out of the text... She filled each page with flowers, butterflies, elves, children and the architectural marvels of the city" writes her biographer, Colin White, "She drew the city as a child might see it, without perspective or modelling, capturing the feeling of wonder that the unsopisticated visitors must have had in first seeing the sights there."

Stock ID: 45528

£275.00

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