MASON James & J Moyr Smith — The Old Fairy Tales

Cassell Petter Gilpin & Co Twenty-fifth thousand. Blue papered boards with dark blue and gilt decoration of a fairy with a shield riding a bat. backstrip detached at upper joint but holding along lower joint, some edge wear, corners rubbed through to boards, internally VG but glue along the backstrip perished so shows gaps between the sewn sections which still hold well and tight, viii , 160 + 8pp adverts. Undated circa 1883, prior to company name change to simply Cassell and Co., advert on lower board for Chicken Market is priced at six shillings. All the best Western European fairy tales collected here and nicely illustrated in line, great for instilling European culture in your kids ...or yourself. The fragile papered backstrip could be repaired H reprint No Jacket London Good J Moyr Smith 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall