1893 Scarce First Edition - THE WINGED WOLF & Other Fairy Tales by Ha Sheen Kaf Illustrated by Arthur Layard.
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(Description)
Author: Collected by Ha Sheen Kaf. Illustrated by Arthur Layard.
Title: THE WINGED WOLF & Other Fairy Tales.
Publisher: London, Edward Stanford, 1893. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: viii-255 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive, scarce and good original Victorian full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A scarce find in any condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some light foxing or staining - as shown, endpapers hinges worn but still tight - as shown, name of a previous owner on the blank page facing the half-title - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful illustrations by Arthur Layard.
The book: Attractive and scarce First Edition of THE WINGED WOLF & Other Fairy Tales illustrated by Layard. Including: Prince Lubim and the Winged Wolf, Finikin and his Golden Pippins, Prince Malandrach and the Princess Salikalla, The Sedge Island, The Wonderful Self-Playing Harp, The Story of Little Whitebeard the Shoemaker King, Emelyan the Fool, Thavana the Magician, Sila Czarevitch and Ivashka with the Shroud, Prince Gold-Fish.
The illustrator: LAYARD Arthur 1858-1917, Illustrator, poster designer and painter born Arthur Austen Macgregor Layard he fought in the Sudan Campaign in 1885 and gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Engineers.