Fairies and Fancies

Ruth Bedford

Published by A & C Black, London, 1929

About this Item

The first edition of this scarce and charming work of children's tales by Australian poet, playwright and fiction writer Ruth Bedford. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven further colour plates, alongside nine monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Illustrated by Mela Koehler Broman.In 1931, Ruth Bedford established the Sydney PEN Centre in collaboration with her friend, the poet Dorothea Mackellar. She was a prolific poet, with her work appearing in the Sydney Morning Herald over a thirty year period.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1934, to the front free endpaper.A delightful and scarce collection of children's tales. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with front board perimeters lightly age toned. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding firmly held. Instances of significant spotting throughout. Tape repairs to gutters either side of plate facing page 10, with a further tape repair to a closed tear at the fore edge. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 890F25

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fairies and Fancies

Publisher: A & C Black, London

Publication Date: 1929

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Mela Koehler Broman

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book