Down- Adown-derry.
£50.00
Publisher
Constable and Co. Ltd.
Place
London
Date
1922
Synopsis
A book of fairy poems by walter de la mare. with illustrations by dorothy p. lathrop. 'some of these poems are taken from a volume entitled songs of childhood and are reprinted here...'
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. 10.5 x 7.25 inches. viii + 193 pp. Bound in original navy cloth, gilt, with gilt block on front board. Slight damage to head of spine, browning of flyleaves and foxing of preliminaries and edges and occasionally on some margins; otherwise a very good copy. Small neat gift 1922 inscription on first free endpaper. Illustrated by 3 colour plates, including frontispiece and by numerous text figures, including many whole page. Decorated by title page vignette. First edition of the collection of fairy poems by Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) is divided into three sections, Fairies, Witches and Witchcraft and The World of Dream. Admirably illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891-1980), US artist, who illustrated six of de la Mare's books for children, 1919-42.
[Stock No. 28440]
