The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairy Land

A scarce first edition of this classic fairy tale by Andrew Lang, with Richard Doyle's whimsical illustrations. A scarce first edition of this charming children's book by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist and collector of folk and fairy tales.In the publisher's illustrated boards, with cloth spine. Undated, dated from an identical copy held by the British Library.With a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text and full-page illustrations in colour and monochrome by Richard Doyle,originally published in In Fairy Land: A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World with a poem by William Allingham in 1870.This delightful book combines classic fairy tale elements to tell the story of a Prince and his search for a princess. In the publisher's illustrated boards, with cloth spine. Externally, with loss to the board edges and bumping to the spine head and tail. Handling marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional handling marks and spots. Good.…