The Fairy Book
Macmillan, 1913.
First edition with illustrations by Goble. 4to. A stunning book in original blue-green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and design to spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt. Thirty two beautiful colour plates, with captioned tissue guards. A very good copy indeed of this wonderful book of fairy tales. The cover is bright, with just very light rubs to extremities and occasional looseness between sections.
This collection of fairy tales was gathered by Mrs Craik as "the best collection attainable". The stories were traced back to their original versions, and retranslated in as true a form as possible. They include tales from authors such as Perrault and Grimm, as well as old English fairy tales, whose original authors are no longer known. Stories include: Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, Hop-O'-My-Thumb, Cinderella, Jack the Giant Killer and many others.
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