1913 Rare First Edition - THE FAIRY BOOK Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
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Author : Warwick GOBLE (Illustrator). Mrs. Dinah CRAIK.
Title : The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew.
Publisher : London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913. First Edition illustrated by Warwick GOBLE.
Language : Text in English.
Size : 10 " X 7 ".
Pages : 378 pages.
Binding : Attractive, very good, near fine full elaborate gilt decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright and tight, rare foxing and staining - as shown)
Illustrations : Complete with all the wonderful full color page illustrations by Warwick GOBLE.
Estimate: (USD 400 - USD 700)
The book : Scarce and attractive First edition of those beautiful illustrations by Warwick GOBLE.
The illustrator : Warwick Goble (22 November 1862 – 22 January 1943) was an illustrator of children's books. He specialized in Japanese and Indian themes.
Goble was born in Dalston, north London, the son of a commercial traveller, and educated and trained at the City of London School and the Westminster School of Art. He worked for a printer specializing in chromolithography and contributed to The Pall Mall Gazette and The Westminster Gazette.
The author : Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel John Halifax, Gentleman, which presents the ideals of English middle-class life.