{"product_id":"1890-rare-book-at-the-back-of-the-north-wind-eleanor-farjeon-s-childhood-copy","title":"1890 Rare Book - At the Back of the North Wind: Eleanor Farjeon’s Childhood Copy","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"167\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"167\"\u003eAn exceptional literary association copy: Eleanor Farjeon’s childhood copy of George MacDonald’s fairy classic, inscribed to her by her mother on her ninth birthday.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"1289\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"180\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e George MacDonald.\u003cbr data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"201\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"211\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e At the Back of the North Wind.\u003cbr data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"245\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"259\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e London, Blackie \u0026amp; Son, 49 \u0026amp; 50 Old Bailey, E.C.; Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin, n.d. New Edition, circa 1890. \u003cbr data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"373\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"386\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"406\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"415\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5\" x 5.5\".\u003cbr data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"431\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"441\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e vi, 378 pages + publisher’s catalogue.\u003cbr data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"483\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"495\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good to very good original decorated green cloth binding with gilt and colour pictorial decoration to the front board and spine. Light wear and rubbing, with some toning to the spine, as shown. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"737\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"749\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good to very good content with light foxing, occasional staining, and age toning, as shown. \u003cstrong\u003eA very special association copy, with a manuscript gift inscription from Margaret Jane Farjeon, Eleanor Farjeon’s mother, to her daughter on her ninth birthday: “To my dear little daughter with fond love from her Mama. Margaret J. Farjeon. February 13th 1890.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1105\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1123\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete with seventy-five illustrations by Arthur Hughes, including numerous full-page and in-text black-and-white illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1257\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1304\"\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1336\"\u003eAt the Back of the North Wind\u003c\/em\u003e is one of George MacDonald’s most beloved works of children’s fantasy, following the young Diamond through dreamlike encounters with the mysterious North Wind. First serialized in the 1860s and later published in book form, the story became a cornerstone of Victorian fantasy literature, admired for its spiritual tenderness, symbolic richness, and imaginative beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1707\" data-end=\"2300\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1707\" data-end=\"1727\"\u003eThe association:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is an exceptional copy with remarkable literary provenance: Eleanor Farjeon’s own childhood copy, given to her by her mother, Margaret Jane Farjeon, on February 13th, 1890, Eleanor’s ninth birthday. Farjeon would later become one of the great English writers for children, author of \u003cem data-start=\"2016\" data-end=\"2037\"\u003eThe Little Bookroom\u003c\/em\u003e and winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. A childhood copy of MacDonald’s classic, gifted within the Farjeon family, is a deeply meaningful association linking two major figures in the tradition of imaginative children’s literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2302\" data-end=\"2631\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2302\" data-end=\"2317\"\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, minister, and pioneering writer of fantasy literature. His works, including \u003cem data-start=\"2452\" data-end=\"2481\"\u003eThe Princess and the Goblin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2483\" data-end=\"2495\"\u003ePhantastes\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"2501\" data-end=\"2532\"\u003eAt the Back of the North Wind\u003c\/em\u003e, profoundly influenced later writers such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L’Engle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2633\" data-end=\"2960\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2633\" data-end=\"2653\"\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) was an English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite circle. His delicate, atmospheric illustrations for MacDonald’s works are among the most admired images in Victorian children’s literature, perfectly suited to the dreamlike and spiritual tone of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48721950310649,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260727farjeon_01.jpg?v=1785170301","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1890-rare-book-at-the-back-of-the-north-wind-eleanor-farjeon-s-childhood-copy","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}