Harbour, Jennie (Illustrator); Vredenburg, Capt. Edric (Editor)

My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales [In Original Box]

London, Paris, and Philadelphia: Raphael Tuck & Sons; David McKay Company.

Hardcover. Near fine. Undated, ca. 1921, presumed first American edition. 10" x 7.25", 133 pp + [11] (Raphael Tuck ads), with 12 colour plates, 12 black and white plates, and additional illustrations in the text. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, with McKay imprint on spine. Housed in original cardboard box with mounted color illustration. A few very minor finger smudges, else a fine copy. Bottom half of box partially split. Jennie Harbour was an English illustrator who worked regularly for the Raphael Tuck Publishing Company. Although her work received considerable critical acclaim during her lifetime, relatively little is known of her biography.

Item #23315

Price: $300.00