1912 Rare First Edition - Elfin Song, Verse and Pictures by Florence Harrison
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Title: ELFIN SONG, A Book of Verse and Pictures by FLORENCE HARRISON.
Publisher: New York, Boston, H. M. Caldwell Company, no date (1912). First American Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9 " X 7 ".
Pages: xii-242 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine original publisher's light grey cloth binding with elaborate gilt Art Nouveau decoration to front cover and spine, featuring a fairy with wings framed by flowers (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some light foxing or staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the wonderful 12 mounted color plates, protected with lettered tissue; 10 black & white plates and many vignette illustrations by Florence Harrison.
Estimate: (USD 650 - USD 800).
The book: Elfin-Song is one of the most charming and artistically expressive works of early 20th-century children's fantasy literature, brought to life by the poetic sensibility and Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic of Florence Harrison. This first American edition mirrors the UK edition in content and layout. The volume is a celebration of fairy folklore, innocence, and nature, conveyed through lyrical verse and ethereal illustrations. The visual presentation, from the golden fairy on the cover to the delicate black-and-white drawings and lush color plates, places this work among the finest Art Nouveau illustrated books of its era.
The author and illustrator: Florence Susan Harrison (1877–1955) was an English Australian Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite illustrator of poetry and children's books. Many of her books were published by Blackie and Son. She illustrated books by notable Pre-Raphaelite circle poets Christina Rossetti, William Morris and Sir Alfred Tennyson. Harrison has often been confused with Emma Florence Harrison, an English artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1887. Florence Harrison was born in Brisbane, Australia, in 1877 to Lucy and Norwood Harrison. From 1922, she lived in the London area. Around 1940 she moved to Brighton, Englan