Lot 81
Macdonald (George) At the Back of the North Wind, first edition, first issue, 1871
Hammer Price: £550
Description
Macdonald (George) At the Back of the North Wind, first edition, first issue, half-title, illustrations by Arthur Hughes, 13pp. advertisements at rear, some light marking and finger-soiling, lacking rear endpaper, contemporary ink gift inscription to front pastedown, bookplate or Everard Meynell to front pastedown, original first issue cloth with rustic gilt border to upper cover and without publisher's imprint at foot of title, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, light toning to spine, hinges repaired, a little rubbed, [Sadleir 1474], Strahan & Co., 1871.
⁂ Scarce first issue of this classic children's fantasy novel.
Description
Macdonald (George) At the Back of the North Wind, first edition, first issue, half-title, illustrations by Arthur Hughes, 13pp. advertisements at rear, some light marking and finger-soiling, lacking rear endpaper, contemporary ink gift inscription to front pastedown, bookplate or Everard Meynell to front pastedown, original first issue cloth with rustic gilt border to upper cover and without publisher's imprint at foot of title, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, light toning to spine, hinges repaired, a little rubbed, [Sadleir 1474], Strahan & Co., 1871.
⁂ Scarce first issue of this classic children's fantasy novel.
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