M. Johnston - The Fairy&Apos;S Gift

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1883. Hardback. A very scarce children's work, brightly illustrated in colour. A charming late Victorian booklet for children, telling the short fairy story of a weary young woman who is gifted ten dwarves to aid her with her tasks by a magic dame; at the end of the tale, the moral of the story is that those ten dwarves live in each of our fingers.Undated; dated from copies on Jisc.Illustrated with seven full plates in colour; the other leaves are also illustrated.A particularly scarce work. In the publisher's original paper boards. Externally generally smart, with some loss to the paper of the spine and a little discolouration to the boards. Ownership inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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