1925 First Edition - The Fairy of Intra by Johanna Spyri illustrated by Margaret J. Marshall.
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Author: Johanna Spyri. (Elisabeth P. Stork, translator). (Margaret J. Marshall, illustrator).
Title: The FAIRY of Intra.
Publisher: Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott Company, no date (1925). First English Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: 98 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) in a good to very good dûst jacket (small chips and tears - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (clean, bright, and tight, rare light foxing or staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the very nice 4 full-page color illustrations by Margaret J. Marshall.
The book: Rare and attractive first English edition of The FAIRY of Intra by Johanna Spyri, the author of HEIDI. FAIRY of Intra contents: A Garden on Lago Maggiore, On the Mountains in Unterland, With Uncle Aloys, Renzeli learns Mant New Things, A New Line of Business, In a Distant Garden.
The author: Johanna Louise Spyri (née Heusser; German: 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.