Henry Allen Wedgwood. The Bird Talisman: An Eastern Tale. Illustrated by Gwen Raverat. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, no date. Reprint edition. Originally published in 1939 by Faber and Faber, when Gwen Raverat, great grand-niece of the author, illustrated it with color and black and white drawings. The story had been published privately for the Wedgwood ? Darwin families only. This is an undated (circa 1965) reissue of that 1939 publication. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt decorated spine, 70 pages, color and b/w illustrations throughout by Gwen Raverat. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: book has slight rubbing to spine extremities, fait stain to top page edge, appears unread; jacket has slight edgwear, a few faint stains to rear panel. A lovely book, a charming tale about a little princess and the magic ring which made her able to talk to birds.

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Title

The Bird Talisman: An Eastern Tale

Publisher

Princeton: D. Van Nostrand,

Publication Date

1965

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Gwen Raverat

Edition

Reprint Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Bygone Books is a small closed shop of fine used and collectible books and paper ephemera; with specialties in 18th & 19th century literature, Literary history & criticism; Jane Austen; Children's Literature; Great Britain; Domestic Arts [Cookery, Gardening, Etiquette, Manners & Mores, etc]; and Postcards and Sheet Music.

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