THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 1-246 [247: printer's imprint] [248: blank], original blue cloth, front panel lettered in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel lettered and ruled in gold. First edition. Posthumous collection of essays and sketches of English boys' life. Several have fantastic themes, e.g., "An Enchanted Place," "The Magic Pool", "The Magic Carpet," and "The Peril of the Fairies." Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 644. Bleiler (1948), p. 200. A fine copy in good printed dust jacket with internal tape mends, shelf wear and shallow chipping at edges and about three-quarters of the spine panel missing. (#118767).
Price: $75.00
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