1879 Scarce Book - Fairy Tales Published by Command of Her Bright Dazzlingness, Gloriana, Queen of Fairyland.
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Author: Soldier of the Queen.
Title: Fairy Tales Published by Command of Her Bright Dazzlingness, Gloriana, Queen of Fairyland.
Publisher: London, Griffith and Farran, 1879. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 8 " X 6.5 ".
Pages: 127 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated 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 owner on the first endpaper - as shown, rare light foxing and staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Beautifully illustrated throughout by T. Pym (pseudonym of the late Victorian illustrator Clara Creed).
Estimate: (Scarce with practically no other copy available worldwide).
The book: Scarce and attractive Victorian First Edition of Fairy Tales Published by Command of Her Bright Dazzlingness, Gloriana, Queen of Fairyland by a Soldier of the Queen.
The illustrator: T. Pym (fl. 1880—1890) was a prolific late-Victorian English children's book illustrator whose style imitated that of Kate Greenaway. Her real name was Clara Creed.