The Everyday Fairy Book Anna Alice Chapin Antique Children's Book circa 1920's

Kitty's Notes:

A wonderful old children's book with stories just as delightful as the marvellous painterly illustrations of endearing children by Jessie Wilcox Smith.

Stories include such whimsical little tales as 'Motherkin's Story', 'The story of Little Girl who was Always Wishing', 'Sea Dreams', 'The Runaway Shadow' and 'The Doll in the Attic'.

A lesser recognised classic children's book of the early 1900's the tales are a kind of cross between the 'Josephine' books by Mrs H. C. Cradock and the later Enid Blyton tales of pixies, elves, fairies magic and talking animals.

A lovely little antique book of bedtime stories and a lovely old book find.

Extract from this Book "The Everyday Fairy Book":

"'Mouse,' he asked in low, anxious tones, 'do you believe in Fairies?'
'Believe in them?' repeated the Mouse in a puzzled way.
'I mean - do you think there are such things? ' asked Frank.
'I don't think, - I know!' squealed the Mouse. 'Where in the world can you have been brought up , - to ask such a question as that?'
'Well if you are so sure - do you believe in Kobolds'?
'Kobolds? Kobolds? Now let me think - perhaps not by that name, but -just what kinds of Fairies are Kobolds?'

'Hastily and breathlessly, Frank explained, and the Mouse listened with the greatest attention and interest.
'Why then' it squeaked excitedly and enthusiastically, 'All you have to do is light a fire! That will call your Kobold to the rescue!'
'But,' objected Frank, 'I'm not sure - not certain- that I even have a Kobold!'
'Stuff and nonsense!' said the Mouse. 'You're sure to have'..."

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hardback
• Illustrated
• Collectable
• Antique Children's Book
• First Edition thus

BOOK ERA:

• 1920's Antique Books

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Anna Alice Chapin (1880 - 1920) wrote "The Everyday Fairy Book".


Publisher: J. Coker and Co., Ltd., London.
Date: c1920's
Edition: First Edition Thus
Binding: Hardback

This antique children's book from the 1920's is in very good robust condition

Complete with all colour plates in excellent condition.

The red cloth spine is in very good antique conditon with just light rubbing a tiny bit of fraying to the bottom of the spine but the cloth spine is robust.

Interior pages are generally clean and bright with just a few light marks and very light occasional spots of age freckling/foxing.

Endpapers are tanned with age marks and the neat gift inscription "...Christmas 1930".

Exterior of the text block is dust stained with some light freckled foxing.

Edges of front board are rubbed slightly to the extremities but the illustrated front cover is overall very good and bright.

Overall a very good antique edition of this collectable "The Everyday Fairy" book.

Please remember this pre-owned antique book is around century old and has been loved before. Condition is graded taking this into consideration.

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SIZE: Height 29 cms x Width 21.5 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 161 pages

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