Doyle (Richard). In Fairyland, A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World. With a Poem by William Allingham, 1st edition, Longmans et al, 1870, 16 full-page colour illustrations, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans first two plates with small damp-stain to lower blank margin, text printed on rectos only, some spotting and marks throughout, hinge split between frontispiece and half-title (latter becoming loose), endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, covers marked and slightly bowed, edges rubbed (and a little frayed in places), folio (Qty: 1) Osborne, p.619. "... a folio which is also Richard Doyle's masterpiece: it contains some of the most entrancing children's book illustrations ever made" (McLean, Victorian Book Design, p.184. A book notoriously difficult to find in good condition, due to the usual decay of its original gutta-percha binding.
Doyle (Richard). In Fairyland, A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World. With a Poem by William Allingham, 1st edition, Longmans et al, 1870, 16 full-page colour illustrations, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans first two plates with small damp-stain to lower blank margin, text printed on rectos only, some spotting and marks throughout, hinge split between frontispiece and half-title (latter becoming loose), endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, covers marked and slightly bowed, edges rubbed (and a little frayed in places), folio (Qty: 1) Osborne, p.619. "... a folio which is also Richard Doyle's masterpiece: it contains some of the most entrancing children's book illustrations ever made" (McLean, Victorian Book Design, p.184. A book notoriously difficult to find in good condition, due to the usual decay of its original gutta-percha binding.
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