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1913 Rare First Edition - The Fairy Book Illustrated in color by Warwick Goble.
(Description)
Author: Warwick GOBLE (Illustrator). Mrs. Dinah CRAIK.
Title: The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew.
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913. First Edition illustrated by Warwick GOBLE.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 10 " X 7.5 ".
Pages: xiii-378 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original elaborate gilt decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing or staining - as shown, ex-libris of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with all the wonderful 32 color plates by Warwick Goble & their captioned tissue guards.
Estimate: (USD 700 - USD 800)
The book: Rare, beautiful, and attractive First Edition of those beautiful illustrations by Warwick GOBLE.
The illustrator: Warwick Goble (22 November 1862 – 22 January 1943) was an illustrator of children's books. He specialized in Japanese and Indian themes.
Goble was born in Dalston, north London, the son of a commercial traveler, and educated and trained at the City of London School and the Westminster School of Art. He worked for a printer specializing in chromolithography and contributed to The Pall Mall Gazette and The Westminster Gazette.
The author: Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also 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 ideals of English middle-class life.