THE GOBLIN'S GLEN: A STORY OF CHILDHOOD'S WONDERLAND
Book Details + Condition: Little Brown and Co (Boston). First Edition, 1924. Hardcover will gilt-illustrated front board and spine. Endpapers decorated with silhouette fairy figures. 241 pages. Beautifully illustrated by New Zealand author and artist, Harold Gaze. Stories include:
- The Merry Family
- On the Way to Goblin's Glen
- At the End of the Endless Passage
- The Fairy Feast
- The Goblin's Weave A Spell
- The Magic Japanese Match
- The Kingdom of the Trees
- The Blue Ming Cat Sings A Ditty
- The Siamese Twins Tell Their Story
- Off To Goblin's Pool
- And more.
Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards; chafed spine ends, with darkening to spine; interior is clean and free of markings. Rear panel and last ~40 pp have very old, faint damp stain to edge; there is also old warping present from past water damage.