Faeries - Preview Copy

New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 1978. Unpaginated. 31 x 21 cm. Plain white stiff paper wrappers with numbered title label on front. Some light toning to covers and spine, with some light splash marks and some light bumping to corners. Light soil to title label, which is numbered 159 of an unknown number of copies, and has the publisher's signature in blue ink. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding firm, with no creases or cracks. This copy of 'Faeries' was one of an undetermined number of advanced copies of the book that was made available at the 36th World Science Fiction Convention, IguanaCon, in Phoenix, Arizona, from August 30th to September 4th, 1978. The book was published later published in November of 1978. This particular copy has been signed on the front lable by the publisher Ian Ballantine. Ballantine worked for the book's publisher Harry N. Abrams, and was responsible for the American publication of the book 'Gnomes' by Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet. Ballantine recruited Brian Froud and Alan Lee to create a book about fairies, which he hoped would build on the success of 'Gnomes'. Ballantine and his wife Betty created the 'Proud of Froud Society', the purpose of which was to make the work of Brian Froud better known. . Signed by Publisher. Soft Cover. Very Good.…