The Book of Elves and Fairies - For Story Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading
Published by Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, October, 1918. First Edition.
430 pages. This is a vintage used book. Scarce. Very good condition. Original illustrated full-cloth binding (binding is a little loose but holds together nicely. Overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown). A rare find in any condition! Very good content (bright, tight and clean). Complete with the four beautiful full-page illustrations by Milo Winter.
The Book of Elves and Fairies - For Story Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading - Written by Frances Jenkins Olcott' is abound with delightful accounts of elfin mounds and fairy hills. Here all ages can enjoy fables of little men and treasures of gold, fairy servants, and spirits of water, forest, and meadow. Nearly 50 charming fairy tales and fantasies gathered from Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, China, and other faraway places are retold in this beautifully illustrated book.
Frances Jenkins Olcott (1872 - 29 March 1963) was the first head librarian of the children's department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in 1898. She also wrote many children's books and books for those in the profession of providing library service to children and youth.
Milo Winter (1888-1956) was an American illustrator of the Golden Age, who illustrated dozens of books throughout the 1910s, 20s and 30s and served as the art director of the Childcraft series. He was a master of animal drawings, which he could render anatomically accurate to the last detail.
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