E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen — Crackers for Christmas: More Stories

London, George Routledge and Sons , 1883 . Cloth. A charming Victorian fairy-tale collection, illustrated with eight plates and showcasing Knatchbull-Hugessen"s whimsical, gently Gothic storytelling. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. A new edition. Featuring eight illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Featuring stories such as The Ogre"s Cave, The History of a Rabbit, The Robber Band, The Battle of Stoats and Rats, and The Witch of Brooke Hollow, among othersEdward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (1829-1893), later Lord Brabourne, was a notable Victorian writer of fantasy and fairy stories for children. His earlier collections, Hiawatha"s Sisters, Moonshine & Magic, etc. had considerable contemporary popularity and exerted a quiet influence on the later fairy-tale revival. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rear joint cracked, with binding materials slightly exposed, but holding. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two sport to fore edge. Hinges slightly strained in places, but firm. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good Indeed .