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In fairyland : a series of pictures from the elf-world

Title
In fairyland : a series of pictures from the elf-world / by Richard Doyle ; with a poem by William Allingham.
Author
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883
Publication
London: : Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1870.

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Additional Authors
  • Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
  • Allingham, William, 1824-1889.
  • Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, publisher
  • Children's Room Collection
Description
[4], 31 leaves, 16 leaves of plates : col. ill.; 39 cm.
Alternative Title
Fairyland, pictures from the elf-world
Subject
  • Fairies in art > Juvenile literature
  • Fairies > Juvenile literature
  • Courts and courtiers > Juvenile literature
  • Kings and rulers > Juvenile literature
  • Courtship > Juvenile literature
  • Children's poetry
  • Courts and courtiers
  • Courtship
  • Fairies
  • Fairies in art
  • Kings and rulers
Genre/Form
  • Children's poetry – 1870.
  • Fantasy literature – 1870.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Poetry.
  • Juvenile literature – England – London – 1870.
Note
  • "Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans"--p. [4].
  • In verse with prose on the illustrations.
  • Allingham's poem entitled A forest in Fairy-land.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in red cloth boards, covered in color printed chintz fabric. Bound on the oblong, (25 x 37 cm).
Call Number
*KH+ 1870 Doyle 16-882
OCLC
22219087
Author
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883, illustrator.
Title
In fairyland : a series of pictures from the elf-world / by Richard Doyle ; with a poem by William Allingham.
Imprint
London: : Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1870.
Local Note
Copy in *KH is incomplete. The text leaves, including preliminaries and title page, are all lacking. This copy has 15 of the 16 color plates, and lacks only plate VIII, "A little play, in three acts." The plates are bound out of sequence. With small tears at the top and bottom of the leaves, some repairs, some chips in the margins.
Binding
Bound in red cloth boards, covered in color printed chintz fabric. Bound on the oblong, (25 x 37 cm). NN
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Added Author
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905, engraver, printer.
Allingham, William, 1824-1889. Forest in Fairy-land.
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, publisher.
Children's Room Collection.
Cover Title
Fairyland, pictures from the elf-world
Research Call Number
*KH+ 1870 Doyle 16-882
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