Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-xii [xiii] xiv-xx [1] 2-80, publisher's pictorial yellow boards with black cloth shelf back, front panel printed in back and red, spine panel printed in red. First printing of this edition. An adult fairy tale by an important figure of French Romanticism. A translation of TRILBY OU LE LUTIN D'ARGAIL . (Paris Ladvocat 1822). "TRILBY, which derives its Scottish geography and folklore resonance from Sir Walter Scott, is a tale of psychic bondage in which a mortal woman is seduced and entrapped by an imp who takes on the semblance of a man; George Du Maurier's TRILBY (1894) makes no reference to this story." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 691. Cloth worn at spine ends, boards worn at corner tips and dusty, a sound, good copy. (#158244). Seller Inventory # 158244

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Title: TRILBY, THE FAIRY OF ARGYLE . Translation ...

Publisher: Estes and Lauriat, Boston

Publication Date: 1895

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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