Lot 287

Kingsley, Charles

Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
£275
Description
The heroes; Or, Greek fairy tales for my children. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1856. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from Algernon Swinburne to his sister Charlotte, 8 plates by the author, original cloth decorated in black with central helmet vignette and Greek borders, one plate frayed and repaired, some foxing at beginning, binding rebacked preserving original spine; [Ibid.] The water-babies: A fairy tale for a land-baby. London, 1863. First edition in book form, 4to, lithographed frontispiece and plate by J. Noel Paton, decorative initials, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt, binding with slight soiling and wear to foot of spine, upper joint (2)
