COLE, HENRY, SIR - :~ Faery Tales and Ballads : The sisters, Golden Locks, Grumble and Cheery, and The eagle's verdict, The ballads of Chevy Chase & Sir Hornbook / illustrated by eminent modern artists ; & edited by Felix Summerly.
London, J. Cundall, 1846 (Chiswick : C. Whittingham), 1846, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo, One Vol.(various pagings) : Ill. Ill.: R. Redgrave, J.C. Horsley, C. W. Cope, F. Tayler, H. Corbould.. Very Good/No Jacket.¶ One of the series, The Home treasury. Includes : The Sisters Illus R. Redgrave, Golden Locks Illus. J.C. Horsley, Grumble and Cheery. C. W. Cope, Illus. The Eagle's verdict. F. Tayler Illus. Chevy Chase, F. Tayler Illus. Sir Hornbook Illus. by H. Corbould. A mixture of Fairy tales and juvenile poetry. Each was separately issued by Cundall. This anthology edition is unknown to McLean, but Bodleian has a copy in the Opie collection, C 835. The illustrators of each of these are noted above from the list in Mclean. All illustrations are tinted Lithos. printed in black and beige. The Frontis. Shows a hunting scene, but the introduction has an unsigned cut of the Faery Wood with an owl, Puck and Oberon, 30 years ahead of its time and wonderfully evocative. None in OCLC/RLIn, BL, Osborne, Copac, Mirlyn, Melvyl or NUC. Pub. blind and gilt stamped cloth, Fr. Fr. EP Rem. OW VG..
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