Traditional Tales Told by Walter de la Mare
SIGNED COPY
Told Again Traditional Tales Told by Walter de la Mare
Blackwell, 1927.
First edition, deluxe issue. Number 57 of 260 copies. 8vo. Publisher's white buckram with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Signed by the author on limitation page. Fourty-two illustrations in both colour and line by A.H. Watson. A fine copy with exceptionally clean and bright boards.
Fairy tales include: Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella etc. De la Mare's expansive, descriptive, and lyrical prose softens and sweetens the original which were frequently harsh and gory.
Stock ID: 47112
