Folk Stories and Fables The Childrens Hour Volume 1

Various

Published by Waverley Book Company, London, 1912

About this Item

1912 hardback with decorative cloth covers. With double page fold out handwirtten copy of a poem by Longfellow. Contains c90 tales from favourites such brothers Grimm, Hans C Anderson, fables by Aesop , 2 Indian stories by Eva March Tappan, Celtic and American stories. A beautifully presented volume with 13 full colour plates by Watson and Powell illustrators. But what makes it superior are the margin decorations in the style of Charles Robinson , on each and every page that trail around the text. Pictorial end papers with exowners stamp otherwise clean interior and all pages tight within binding. Grey cloth covers with pasted on pictorail, gilt titles. In removable protective clear plastic film which has protected the whole.

Seller Inventory # 006348

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Folk Stories and Fables The Childrens Hour Volume 1
• Publisher: Waverley Book Company, London
• Publication Date: 1912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: A H Watson, James D Powell
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children
  • Tring Library