Published by Harper & Brothers I-T, NY, 1924
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by SWAIN SC SEVERAL FULL PAGE & SMALLER ILUST (illustrator). HARDCOVER. VERY Good Condition, clean, solid, bright ; . RED & Black titles & COVER ILUST on nice GREEN CLOTH spine & HARD Cover. cover art shows young schoolboy in red hat & coat, sitting on red brick wall, reading a book .Author's name is on front cover, but not on title page ; 194pg pages; Prince Dolor, whose legs are paralysed due to a childhood trauma, is exiled to a tower in a wasteland. As he grows older, a fairy godmother provides a magical travelling cloak so he can see, but not touch, the world. He uses this cloak to go on various adventures, and develops great wisdom and empathy in the process. Finally he becomes a wise and compassionate ruler of his own land.Story involves some magical powers, and little (spinal deformed) royal child.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1859
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. New Edition. 269pp + publisher's ads. Title page states "Originally Published in 1853". Original brown cloth frayed at top of spine. Interior good. Very scarce title by this 19th century English author.
Published by Ticknor and Fields Boston 1866, 1866
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
260pp. 12mo Blue cloth with gilt decorated spine, top edges gilt Author's Edition. Spine ends chipped; cover extremities rubbed, light cover soil, front endpaper chipped at fore edge; rear hinge cracked: Good+.
Published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1893
Seller: Richard Beaton, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Walter Crane (illustrator). New Edition. Original blue cloth, with Craik's initials in gilt ornament on front board. Some scuffing, a little foxing, good. Book.
Published by Hurst & Blackett, London, 1880
Seller: Richard Beaton, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. New Edition. Undated, c1880. Engraved frontispiece. Original maroon cloth, with gilt bands head/foot of front board, lettered in gilt; grey endpapers. Light scuffing, spine faintly sunned, undated inscription on half-title, light foxing, good. Book.
Published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1896
Seller: Richard Beaton, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Walter Crane (illustrator). New Edition. Original blue cloth, with Craik's initials in gilt ornament on front board. Minimal scuffing, a little foxing: clean, bright, very good. Book.
Published by Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1875
Seller: Richard Beaton, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Edition. Mid C19th green leather over blue marbled boards; maroon leather title label on spine. Minimal scuffing, a couple of tiny scrapes to leather, undated signature on title page, very good. Todd [1513A]. First setting; series half-title bound in. Essays. Book.
Published by Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1874
Seller: Richard Beaton, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Edition. Mid C19th green leather over blue marbled boards; maroon leather title label on spine. Minimal scuffing, signature (1876) on title page, spine faintly sunned on edges, very good. Todd [1425a]. First issue; series half-title bound in. Book.
Published by Wildwood North End Hampstead. 14 August, 1856
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
1p, 16mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with slight damage to blank reverse caused by removal from mount. Reads: 'Dear Mrs. Suckling if it be you that is C. S. - I can't come into Town but shall always be glad to see you here.'.
Published by Harper & Brothers, ., New York, 1875
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.
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