Horace J. Knowles — Peeps Into Fairyland

London, Thornton Butterworth, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Horace J. Knowles' magnum opus, a beautifully illustrated work depicting the magical world of fairyland. The scarce first edition.Beautifully illustrated with a colour frontispiece, an illustrated title page, many intricate monochrome vignettes and five coloured plates. Collated, complete.  This magical work was written by Horace J. Knowles, an author and illustrator known for his beautiful illustrations of fairies and fairyland, with this being his best known work. This delightful work takes the reader on a journey through fairyland, exploring the wishing ring, the gates of fairyland, and visiting the fairy queen. The work features Knowles' stunning colour illustrations depicting the fairies and their world. In the publisher's original gilt cloth. Lacking very scarce dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking very scarce dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, loss to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine, marks to the boards including damp stains, and fading to the boards and spine. Offsetting to the endpapers with the 'This Book Belongs To' space filled in. Bookseller's label and slight cockling to the rear endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and occasional spotting, heavier to the front and rear. Good . Ill.: Horace J. Knowles. Good .