Walter de la Mare — The Three Mulla-Mulgars
London, Duckworth & Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. An imaginative fantasy by Walter de la Mare, following three exiled princes on a darkly enchanted journey, illustrated with two colour plates by J. R. Monsell. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. First edition, second impression.Illustrated with two colour plates by J. R. Monsell, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. A fantasy novel for children by Walter de la Mare, originally conceived as The Three Royal Monkeys and later revised and expanded.The story follows three exiled monkey princes on a perilous journey through a richly imagined and often darkly atmospheric landscape. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight fading to spine and extremities. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks to fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: J. R. Monsell. Very Good Indeed .