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THE FAIRIES HAVE GONE TO BED. Dean's Teeny Wee Rag Books Patented (unnumbered).
by RAG BOOK. Stanley Graham. Illustrated by Ada L. Bowley. MINIATURE.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., (1915).. Circa 1915, miniature format approximately 55 x 54 mm, 2¼ x 2 inches, pale green cloth covers over thin card, not 'pinked', coloured illustration of child sleeping under red and white toadstool, fairy blowing tiny trumpet on lower cover, 22 pages including insides of covers. Fairy with candle inside upper cover, inside lower cover is printed: "The Fairies have gone to Bed is published as a song by Francis, Day & Hunter". Coloured title illustration and 10 full page coloured illustrations of fairies and little children, each facing a story in verse about the fairies which Daddy tells his little boy to get him to go to bed and sleep. 1 or 2 pale fox spots inside covers, otherwise a near Fine crisp clean copy of a rare Dean's Rag book. Peter and Dawn Cope, Dean's Rag Books, page 117, T2, in print from 1914 to 1916. 3 titles in the Teeny Wee series listed and illustrated including ours. All 3 are scarce. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46799
- Title
- THE FAIRIES HAVE GONE TO BED. Dean's Teeny Wee Rag Books Patented (unnumbered).
- Author
- RAG BOOK. Stanley Graham. Illustrated by Ada L. Bowley. MINIATURE.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., (1915).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- rag book miniature Dean's fairies children's book
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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