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Decorative Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Hardcover Bumped Corners with light wear padded hardback edition - complete with original cut out fairy bookmark and brown paper band, Illustrated throughout by Brian Froud .A now famous photograph of a little girl surrounded by fairies first appeared in "The Regular" magazine in 1907.For many years little was known of the girl in question , her name was Angelica Cottington and she was the only daughter of Lord Cottington of Bovey. She lived as a recluse on the family estate as Lady Cottington until her death in 1991. Years later a small volume was discovered stuck behind a trunk in an attic, and thanks to that discovery, this faithful reproduction of one of the most intriguing, sensational books of all times is available as "Lady Cottingtons Pressed Fairy Book" Explained at last is the way in which that first photo came to be taken and what is more, a faithful record of many many more fairies who appeared to the young girl in her early years. Lady Cottington kept a record of all her fairy sightings and that too is reproduced here alongside the pressings of the fairies themselves. Brain Froud (illustrator).…

Namenskürzel, sonst gut. Ein Handbuch der anderen Welt Gewicht in Gramm: 550.