Holme Lee [Harriet Parr] — Legends from Fairy Land

London; Philadelphia, S.T. Freemantle; J.B. Lippincott, 1907. Cloth. A very scarce, charmingly illustrated edition of this fairy tail anthology by Holme Lee, with illustrations by Reginald L. Knowles and Horace J. Knowles. A very scarce edition of this work by Harriett Parr, published under the pseudonym of Holme Lee. The work is very scarce in all editions, and was first published in 1860.A series of short fairy tales written with a Victorian sensibility, exploring of fairy lands and featuring elves, dwarves, grand balls, and more. Richly illustrated throughout, and with a frontispiece and further sixteen full page illustrations, by Reginald L. Knowles and Horace J. Knowles. Collated, complete.Lacking the original front free endpaper, which is instead provided in facsimile.With an introduction by Effie H. Freemantle. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip, with light bumping to back strip head and tail. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Front free endpaper supplied in facsimile. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Reginald L. Knowles; Horace J. Knowles. Very Good .