Lucie Attwells Fairy Book First Edition 1932 Beautifully Illustrated Fairytales Collectable

Kitty's Notes:

If you want to collect antique and vintage children's books, Mabel Lucie Attwell is a great person to start with.

Her collectable old children's books of the early 20th century led the way in children's illustration and her quaint and whimsical fairy creations had a kind of down to earth realism that tugged at the nation's heartstrings. As well as having that enchanting and wondrous quality that appealed to children.

I would suggest this is certainly one of her nicest books, then I prefer her earliest illustrative style to the later immensely fun children of the 1940's through to the 1960's and 70's.

Stuffed full of sweet stories and with the exquisite line drawn and full colour plate illustrations, this charming old children's book really could only delight.

Book Excerpt:

"A Spell for a Fairy
Take a score of rose-leaves and sprinkle them with dew, Melt an ounce of rainbow to make a magic brew,
Mince a stolen moonbeam, and lightly blend the whole,
Build the fire of fir-cones and heat a gleaming bowl;
Stir throughout the twilight - then sink upon the grass,
Raise the bowl in silence and see what comes to pass -
From the silver vapour will spring each dancing sprite,
Till a ring of fairies surrounds you in the night"

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hardback
• Illustrated
• Collectable
• First Edition
• Vintage Fairy Tale Book

BOOK ERA:

• 1930's Vintage Children's Books

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Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879 - 1964) is the author and illustrator of "The Lucie Attwell Fairy Book".

Publisher: Partridge
Date: 1932
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket: No

We carefully tailor all our condition notes to this actual Mabel Lucie Attwell book you see in the photographs so please read below:

This beloved childrens storybook is in robust condition, with just a tiny bit of wear from past adventures.

The orange cloth binding has some light water marks, fading and dust staining in places. Corner tips of the boards are rubbed with the cloth frayed at the very ends of the bottom right corners and bottom edge of the back board.

Without any kind of ink but a neat pencil gift inscription that could easily be erased, but is part of the books history so I have left it in situ for posterity.

Some light foxing to preliminary pages which is then scarce and lightly scattered throughout the overall clean and firm pages.

The spine is good and not frayed at the hinges, just slightly faded compared to the boards.

The colour plates are excellent lovely and bright with no foxing. Apart from the cloth which

Overall very good robust condition for this Mabel Lucie Attwell vintage Children's book from the 1930's that usually ends up very well loved, with excellent colour plates that compensate what the boards lack in condition.

Very scarce old fairytale book.

Please remember this vintage book has been loved before and is not new condition is graded taking this into consideration.

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SIZE: Height 19 cms x Width 12.5 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 178 pages

* Includes all the original colour plates.
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