English Fairy Tales

by Ernest Rhys

Other authorsHerbert Cole (Illustrator), Grace Rhys (Author)
Hardcover, 1920

Status

Available

Call number

398.20942

Tags

@vintage, @decorative binding, fiction, children, middle grade, golden age illustrators, @many lands

Genres

Collection

Children's Lit & Picture Books

Publication

J. M. Dent & Co (c 1920). 128 pages, 8 coloured plates by Herbert Cole and R. Anning Bell. Blue pictorial front board with gilt print and design. A title in the series 'Tales For Children From Many Lands' edited by F.C. Tilney.

Description

A collection of sixty-six Old English fairy tales, fables, romances, poems, and nursery rhymes.

User reviews

LibraryThing member PitcherBooks
By this point in my life, I've probably read almost every fairy tale known to man. So I bought this for the art. Five full-color full-page illos stuck in the center of the book no where near the stories they are about and various size B&W illos throughout. The many B&W's are nice and clear anyway.
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 Cole did great artwork.
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Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

1906

Local notes

From Dent's Tales for Children from Many Lands series.

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