The Twelve Huntsmen and other stories.
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1910/1906, stories reprinted from among those in 1901 Fairy book; green cloth boards, blindstamped ruling and gold decorated title and spine, green decorated endpapers, coloured frontis, b/w plates and "numerous illustrations" in text; 8vo; 190 pp. Juvenile hardback.
One of a nice series of excerpts from the fairy books: The Twelve Huntsmen, The Two Caskets, The Monkey and the Jelly-Fish, The Curious Young Man, The Witch, The Hazel-Nut Child, the Story of Big Claus and Little Klaus, Prince Ring, The Swineherd, The Witch in the Stone Boat, Thumbelina, A Story about a Darning-needle, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé. We have seven matching 1910 volumes of this series.
CONDITION: Good Plus; no names or other marks, board gilt bright, spine ends bumped and top spine edge worn through, bottom corners lightly bumped and split; endpapers and pages very clean. Item #19684
Price: $50.00