“The Fairy Mythology; Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries” by Thomas Keightley [Whittaker, Treacher & Co, 1833]. First revised and complete edition, second overall. Complete in 2 volumes. Illustrated with 6 full-page copper-plates, 16 vignette woodcuts, and 16 cul-de-lampe, designed and executed by W.H. Brooks. Half morocco with gilt top edges. 354pp + 348pp + 2 ads. Front hinge of Vol 1 and back hinge of Vol 2 beginning to pull away. Rubbing at edges of spine. Both volumes bear bookplates of Robert K. Kay and signatures of Nathan C. Brooks, a educator, historian, and poet who was friends with Edgar Allan Poe. Overall, Very Good condition and extremely rare to find complete. Covers elves, dwarves, mermaids and many many more mythical creatures from around the world.
Poe Provenance “The Fairy Mythology” [Whittaker, Treacher & Co, 1833] –
$1150
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TOLKIEN, J.R.R. “The Hobbit” [George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1942] 1st Edition
“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien [George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1942]. First Edition, Third Printing. 310pp. Illustrated endpapers featuring maps of Middle-earth, frontispiece “The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the-Water” in color, and additional black-and-white illustrations throughout. Bound in green cloth with black lettering to spine and mountain and dragon motifs to boards. Ex-library copy lacking dust jacket. Moderate rubbing and soiling to spine with a couple of small ink stains; light bruising to corners and extremities; moderate sun-fading to spine and boards slightly cocked. Cracking to the cloth along the outer edges of the spine, with light fraying to spine ends. Two preliminary pages with closed tears near spine causing slight looseness. Light foxing and discoloration to pages and edges throughout. Library stamps and markings to endpapers, prelims, colophon, top of first page of text, and spine. Two fragments of original dust jacket pasted into blank prelims. Good.
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