first edition Hardcover
1908 · London
by Thomas, W. Jenkyn
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Book. Illus. by Pogany, Willy. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First edition, 2nd printing. Octavo (8vo). [iii]-xiv, 312 pages of text. INCOMPLETE: Lacks the tipped-in color frontispiece and the original endpapers. REBOUND: in blue cloth with a gold-embossed leather spine label. Original pictorial front cover was retained and affixed to the inside of the front cover. New black endpapers. The text has moderate soiling, foxing, and a few pages have small tears. Beautifully illustrated with 99 designs in black and red by Willy Pogany. The compiler, William Jenkyn Thomas (1870-1959) was a Welsh headmaster and folklorist..
(Inventory #: 019937)