1902 The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald / Blackie, London / Antique Hardback Book / Delightfully Illustrated/ With Some Wear

A lovely antique hardback copy of The Princess and Curdie. Undated but published by Blackie and Son Limited of London in 1902. With charming illustrations to the boards and inside by Laurence Housman and Helen Stratton (see photos). You can get the other works by George Macdonald in the matching binding to make an extremely eye-catching collection. This copy is 123 years old and so inevitably has some sign of wear/age, but remains a charming edition.

Inside the pages are clean and tightly bound. With some tanning and spotting to the closed outside edges. Has a small number "No 48" at the top of the front free endpaper, but no other writing or markings of previous ownership. Richly illustrated throughout.

In teal blue cloth covered boards with super decoration by Laurence Housman which features a stamped brown design of a lady bending to catch falling leaves. The front board has some faint white paint marks to the top corner and fore-edge. Inexplicably, there is a small man-made hole to the bottom front corner (see close-up photo). With a small bump there also. Otherwise the boards just have some light rubbing. Has rubbing also to the corner tips and spine ends. The gilt on the spine remains very bright, ensuring this copy is eye-catching on the shelf.

Your copy of The Princess and Curdie will be wrapped with great care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged. I am always happy to include a gift message in the parcel if desired.

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H 19 cm x W 13 cm, 304 pages plus 32 page illustrated publisher's catalogue at the rear, 0.7 kg. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. (There are just a very few countries which I am unable to ship to).

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