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A splendid Victorian fairy-tale book in richly ornamented green cloth, with an elaborate gilt-and-black pictorial binding.This 1882 First Edition brings together legendary tales and familiar classics from many traditions.
The Golden Book of Tales: Holiday Readings in the Legendary Lore of All Nations.Edited by William Swinton and George R. Cathcart. New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., 1882.First Edition.339 pages. Approximately 7 × 9 inches.
Illustrated throughout, with selections includingAladdin, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Ugly Duckling, and works by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Condition:Vintage wear, including rubbing and wear at the spine extremities. Full particulars in the Condition Description.
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A storyteller surrounded by listeners, framed beneath an elaborate gilded arch—a wonderfully evocative Victorian binding that captures the enchantment of the tales within.Published in 1882, this First Edition combines an extraordinary decorative exterior with a substantial illustrated collection of traditional stories and literary classics.
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF TALES
Holiday Readings in the Legendary Lore of All Nations
Edited by William Swinton and George R. Cathcart.
New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., 1882.First Edition.339 pages. Approximately 7 × 9 inches.
Bound in the publisher\'s original green cloth, with a remarkably elaborate gilt-and-black pictorial front cover depicting an Eastern storyteller addressing an audience. The ornate decorative treatment extends to the spine, while the rear board carries additional pictorial ornament.
The contents bring together celebrated stories from the legendary and literary traditions of many nations, includingAladdin, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Ugly Duckling, selections from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll\'sThe Walrus and the Carpenter, and Nathaniel Hawthorne\'sThe Golden Touch, among many others.
A profusion of black-and-white illustrations accompany the text.
A particularly appealing example of Victorian book design—equally suited to a collection of antique illustrated literature or a display of decorative nineteenth-century bindings.
Condition:Exterior rubbing and wear to extremities and spine ends. Additional particulars in the Condition Description.
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