1892 Rare First Edition - Life's Fairy Tales by John Ames Mitchell.
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(Description)
Author: Mitchell, J. A.
Title: Life's Fairy Tales
Publisher: New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1892. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: 117 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good full decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, name of a previous 1892 owner on the upper margin of title page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with all the full-page and in-text illustrations.
The book: Attractive and rare First edition of those fifteen Fairy Tales including: The drowsy village -- The fairy bishop -- Uncle Rody -- The westwind and the pine -- Stillabel -- The wedding that wasn't -- The pious nobleman and the blind horse -- The belle and the seal -- The lover, the twelve hornets, and the enchanted garden of Zpek -- Why the ocean is colder at some places than at others -- The average dog and the usual man -- The luckless prince -- The adventures of two criminals -- The dissolute beetle -- The enchanted portrait.
The author: John Ames Mitchell (January 17, 1845 – June 29, 1918) was a publisher, architect, artist and novelist from the United States. He was regarded as a Renaissance man who kept to himself but influenced many.