London: George Newnes Ltd, 1901. A collection of fairy tales by various authors with illustrations by a number of illustrators including H. R. Millar and Arthur Rackham. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorative fairy illustrations on the spine and front board done in gilt lines with green infills. All page edges faced in gilt. Endpapers with decorative fairy illustrations. Double page colour illustration over the frontispiece and title page by Reginald Savage.xii, 310 pages. Full page illustrations, smaller ones on the text pages, decorated chapter head pieces. 6 X 7.8 inches.Three illustrations have been carefully coloured. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown and brief Christmas gift inscription. Cloth a little rubbed, very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H. Cole, A. Garth Jones, H. R. Millar, A. Rackham & R. Savage.

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Bookseller: Jacques Gander (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008161
Title: Queen Mab's Fairy Realm
Author: Several Authors
Illustrator: H. Cole, A. Garth Jones, H. R. Millar, A. Rackham & R. Savage
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: George Newnes Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1901
Keywords: Arthur Rackham ;

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