constance hagberg wright (1 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Dione Tyrrell Lewis (illustrator). First edition. A scarce first edition of this illustrate collection of Chinese folk-lore and myth, retold by Constance Hagberg Wright. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with ten plates and numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. A collection of folk-tales, fairy-lore, and stories of magic from Chinese history, exploring the idea that a "new" fairy-tale is usually just an old friend in disguise, often birthed by the work of Chinese scholars. With titles including: The Fox-Maiden, The Enchanted Cave, and The Two Gifts, among others. Written by Constance Hagberg Wright, an English author and folklorist. The wife of Sir Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright, the secretary and librarian of the London Library, granddaughter of architect Henry Francis Lockwood, and half-sister of Priscilla Cecilia, Countess of Annesley. Illustrated by her daughter Dione Tyrrell Lewis, an English artist and illustrator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. Markings to the boards with light tide or damp marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Good. book.