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Sale 317: Fine Children's Books (#317) 09/15/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/15/2005 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #60 The Fairies in America

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$75

Estimate: $120 - $180

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Description

Title:

The Fairies in America

Author:

Cone, Spencer W.

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Pudney & Russell

Date Published:

1859

Description:

98 pp. Illustrated with 4 hand-colored lithograph plates, including additional title-page, after drawings by Jacob Dallas. 6¾x4¾, original cloth, front cover gilt-lettered.

Scarce edition with two tales of fairies in America (New York specifically): Tom Grubb, and his Wonderful Dog; and The Magic Tea-Pump of the Island of the Manhattoes.

Condition:

Cloth faded, worn at extremities; hinges cracked with first couple of gatherings and a plate starting to come loose; still very good.

Item#:

164018
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