i maunder (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. M. W. Taylor and M. D. Baxter (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original fairy tales by Irene Maunder. First edition 1905. Three page preface by Andrew Lang. 13 full page line drawings by M. W. Taylor with Art Nouveau borders by M. D. Baxter. There is also an Art Nouveau page by Baxter featuring peacocks and a decorative contents page. Cloth frayed at edges and front endpaper missing but no inscriptions. Contents otherwise in very good bright condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. "The Plain Princess and Other Stories", by I. Maunder and foreword by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by M.W. Taylor & M.D. Baxter. Longmans, Green and Co., London. First edition. Large hardback, publisher's tan cloth with brown lettering and decoration to upper board, brown lettering to spine, patterned endpapers (printed in brown), 13 full-page line drawings (including one repeat), illustrated secondary title page, decorative contents page, good-quality paper throughout, x, 95 pages. Approximate size 12 x 8.9 inches (30.5 x 22.7 cm). Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh and London. This large-format collection of original fairy stories by Irene Maunder includes an interesting three-page preface by the eminent folklorist Andrew Lang, editor of the famous 'Coloured' Fairy Books.Condition Book lacking tissue guard at front of book, else complete and intact. No owner inscriptions. Contents crisp, very clean. Slight foxing to first and last page, tiny nick to top of frontispiece and first leaf, two pairs of gatherings stretched. Endpapers with offsetting; front pastedown with a little 'bubbling'. Edges of page block with slight foxing. Binding tight. Boards and spine with soiling, staining and wear as shown, bumping to extremities; cloth with a few nicks to lower edges, tiny chip to foot of spine, larger chip to head of spine, short closed tear to lower joint. Contents include: The Plain Princess, The Heart of Prince Delectable, The Adventures of Hans, The Rejected Princess, It Needs Must Fit Because It is Too Big, The Land Where East is West, If Wishes Were Horses, The Frog Dancers, Too Much Time, Two Men and a Boy. The drawings are by M.W. Taylor and M.D. Baxter Taylor providing the illustrations; Baxter the decorative Art Nouveau borders, secondary title page and cover design. A Plain Princess appears to have been the duo's only published work. Irene Maunder herself was to write just one other book, Songs of Happy Childhood (1908), noteworthy for its illustrations by Charles Robinson. Scarce in any condition; I can see only two or three other copies currently for sale online.