THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1325994
Circa.
1933.
Hardback.
Large format.
Good condition.
6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Large format. Front cover shows two children, one asleep by a sundial. Covers are edge worn and scuffed. Rear cover is grubby. Spine is bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Beauty and the Beast plate has ragged edges and a tape repair on verso. There is colouring to the small b/w illustration on the title-page. Foxing, fingering and some margin tears to contents.
Front cover
Contents
- The Fairy Ring
- Fairy Talk
- The Story of the Four Elfin Princes
- The Three Bears
- The Toys' Holiday
- The Shadow Room
- Snow White and the Magic Mirror
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Old Woman Who Sweeps the Cobwebs from the Sky
- The Mist Island
- The Seven Playing Princesses
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Roma's Story
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The House Goblins
- The Witch Night
- A Gypsy Princess
- GoodBye
- Envoy