PREHISTORIC PARABLES ... Illustrated by Horace Taylor. With a Cover Design by K. R. Brady. Halifax: Milner & Company. Manchester: Fred Lawlor & Co., 18 Mosley Street, n.d. [1914]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [i-ii: blank] [iii-vi] vii [viii] v [i.e. ix] [x] 1-63 [64: printer's imprint] [65: ads] [66-68: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by Horace Taylor, half title and title leaves printed in red and black, publisher's pictorial gray wrappers printed in red, white and black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. "Seven short episodes in the life of prehistoric man, some of which feature encounters with the rich and varied life forms of the Carbonaceous period ... One of the most delightful and charming books in the collection." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 20. Overlapping edges just a bit worn, a very good copy. (#171264).
Price: $250.00
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