1888 Rare Victorian Book - SONGS AND POEMS OF FAIRYLAND. An Anthology of English Fairy Poetry.

 

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Author : Waite, Arthur Edward (editor)
Title : SONGS AND POEMS OF FAIRYLAND. An Anthology of English Fairy Poetry.
Publisher : London, Walter Scott, 1888. First Edition.
Language : Text in English
Size : 7.5 " X 5 "
Pages : 420 pages
Binding : Attractive and good full decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed, head of spine slightly worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright and tight, rare staining and foxing) 

Estimation : (USD 175 - USD 350)

The book : Rare and very attractive first edition of this Anthology of English Fairy Poetry. A rare find in any condition.

The author: Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 – 19 May 1942), commonly known as A. E. Waite, was an American-born British poet and scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. As his biographer R. A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of western occultism—viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion."