1922 Rare Book ~ THE FAIRY BOOK retold by Miss Mulock Illustrated by Louis Rhead.
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(Description)
Author: Dinah Maria Mulock. Illustrated by Louis Rhead.
Title: The Fairy Book: The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew.
Publisher: New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1922.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9 "X 5.5 ".
Pages: 403 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good illustrated original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful color frontispiece and the 16 wonderful full-page black & white illustrations by Louis Rhead.
The book: Beautifully illustrated edition of those Fairy Tales illustrated by Louis Rhead.
The author: Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel John Halifax, Gentleman, which presents the mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life.
The Illustrator: Louis John Rhead (November 6, 1857 – July 29, 1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author, and angler who was born in Etruria, Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four.