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REWARDS & FAIRIES.; Illustrated by Charles Brock
by KIPLING , Rudyard
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- Condition
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- Seller
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BUDERIM, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Folio Society,London,1996. First Impression thus, pp.256 .8vo.Blue cloth with gilt title on upper board and spine.Fine Copy in Fine Blue slipcase.
Synopsis
Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies are classic children's books which speak powerfully to adult readers. Una and Dan, performing a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream one Midsummer's Eve, accidentally summon Puck to a fairy ring near their Sussex home. Through Puck the children are witnesses to tales of English history, subtly called forth by Kipling's brilliant and fluid adventure writing. Kipling's historical imagination extends to a wide variety of stories, many of which blend the ghostly and the familiar, and often anticipate his later writing in their themes: a sense of loss and breakdown, but also healing. First published in magazines between 1906 and 1910, the stories were accompanied by some of Kipling's most famous poems, including 'If--' and 'The Way through the Woods'. This edition includes an introduction which dispels the myth that these stories are simply a nostalgic view of English history, discusses their relationship to other historical fiction, and relates them to Kipling's earlier and later writings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24477
- Title
- REWARDS & FAIRIES.; Illustrated by Charles Brock
- Author
- KIPLING , Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Folio Society,London,1996
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About the Seller
A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
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BUDERIM, Queensland
About A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
Alan and Fiona McIlreavy been Antiquarian Booksellers for over 40 years, in St Andrews in Scotland and in Melbourne Australia. Buderim Rare Books was established in 2000 when we returned to Australia. Buderim is on Queensland's Sunshine Coast ten minutes from the Pacific Ocean. We have a shop and an online catalogue. Shop hours 9.15- 2.00 pm until further notice
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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