Anderson, Anne. The Anne-Anderson Fairy-Tale Book. First Edition.c 1923. Thomas Nelson. First Edition, no date but confident this is the First. 12 colour plates. Very Good Condition book, no jacket as issued. Some scuffing and marks to boards. Very light foxing to prelims. Firm binding. Neat inscription.

First edition

Small biro inscription to ffep

pre-publication uncorrected proof copy of Rose Macaulay’s post-war masterpiece

it displays the philosophical seriousness and comic cruelty that mark her strongest fiction of the period

Now protected by removable archival sleeve

Their innovative designs for this play changed the look of English historical drama forever

1956 First Edition

gift inscriptions

Stain on back cover

and faint spotting to page block

but not price-clipped

Jacket design by Cecil Beaton