George MacDonald — The Princess and the Goblin

Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1920 . Cloth. The classic children's fantasy tale from George Macdonald, charmingly illustrated in colour by Jessie Wilcox Smith. In publisher's original cloth binding with paper label to the front board.Featuring illustrated endpapers, a frontispiece and two further colour plates. Lacking the plate to page sixteen. Artwork by Jessie Wilcox Smith, illustrious illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration.The classic children's fantasy tale from prolific Scottish writer George Macdonald, who later became a mentor to Lewis Carroll. Macdonald's works, such as Phantastes (1858), At the Back of the North Wind (1869) and Lilith (1895), as well as The Princess and the Goblin, remain a lasting influence on the literary fantasy genre. In publisher's original cloth binding with paper label to the front board. Externally, very smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in a few small closed tears to the spine head and tail, and the odd mark. Internally, generally firmly bound with the odd delicate page, especially to the plate facing page 179. Very bright and clean copy with only the occasional spot, more common to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Jessie Wilcox Smith. Very Good .