Mary Lathbury / FLEDA AND THE VOICE 1st Edition 1876

  
Written and illustrated by Mary Lathbury. Intriguing US American fantasy story book, featuring fairies of various kinds. Sea fairies, flower fairies, and more are illustrated with delicate wood engravings by the author. A lovely fairy gift book from the Gilded Age. New York: Nelson & Phillips, (1876). Original brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt with fairy design.

Illustrated by Lathbury in black and white. Ink gift inscription dated Dec 25 1876 on second fly leaf.

Boards with two faint stains to top corner of front board near spine, a bit of bumping and soiling. Light toning to leaves, else clean.

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