Language: English
Publication Date: 1940
Seller: Blacklock's Rare Books (est 1988), Egham, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 31.14
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No publishing, illustrator or author information in the book. Text printed in blue with 8 full page illustrations and two vignettes. Some age marks and rubbing. A curious book, few copies of which have probably survived. Large octavo, 50 pages, 200g.
Condition: Very good plus. First Edition. First edition of this delightful collection of rhymes, stories, and illustrations, with a gorgeous fairy cover. The structure of PIXIE-LAND feels very much like a children's holiday annual - the inscription, dated Christmas of 1932, reinforces this similarity. It is full of delightful tales and illustrations, many mimicking Greenaway, Rose O'Neill's Kewpies, and other popular artists of the day. 8.75'' x 6.25''. Original color pictorial boards. Color frontispiece with one color plate and black-and-white line drawings throughout. [80] pages. Gift inscription to front pastedown, dated Dec. 25th 1932. Advertising leaflet for the publisher's other titles loosely laid in. Binding with mild edgewear, boards a touch bowed. Leaves with occasional faint foxing. Bright.