Palmer Cox — The Brownies Through the Union

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout by the author, this is the very scarce first UK edition of Palmer Cox's poetical work about a tour taken by the mythical Brownies around the USA. The very scarce first UK edition of this work, first published in the US in the same year.The Brownies was a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on English mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother.This work follows the Brownies on a fourteen state tour of the USA.Illustrated throughout by the author with vignette illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Rear joint starting, with board somewhat tenderly held to tail. Front hinge strained, and tenderly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Good . Ill.: Palmer Cox. Good .