LARGE PAPER OF FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES
The Blue Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green and Co and New York: 11 East 16th St, 1889.
Price: $1,750.00
About the item
First edition. Number 24 of 113 Large Paper Copies. Illustrated by H. J. Ford and G. P. Jacomb Hood. [vi], xxi, [i], 390 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 4to. Bound in original paper backed boards, paper label on spine, edges uncut. Front hinge just starting, spine slightly soiled. Very good.
Item #227472
The large paper issues of this series each have a special introduction which is not in the trade issues and discusses origins of different fairy tales.
