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[DOYLE, RICHARD, Illustrator]. In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World...With a poem by William Allingham. London, 1870 [i.e. 1869]. 16 hand-colored wood-engraved plates showing 34 scenes. Folio, original gilt-decorated cloth, g.e.; hinges reinforced. FIRST EDITION. Gottleib, Early Children's Books 168; Ray 156; Muir 102.
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[DOYLE, RICHARD, Illustrator]. In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World...With a poem by William Allingham. London, 1870 [i.e. 1869]. 16 hand-colored wood-engraved plates showing 34 scenes. Folio, original gilt-decorated cloth, g.e.; hinges reinforced. FIRST EDITION. Gottleib, Early Children's Books 168; Ray 156; Muir 102.
The wood-engravings are the work of Edmund Evans, printer to the three great children's illustrators of the period: Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway.
The wood-engravings are the work of Edmund Evans, printer to the three great children's illustrators of the period: Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway.