Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale. With an Introductory Preface by Lord Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

Published by London: Henry S. King & Co., 1874

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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB

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[Fantasy Novel] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 348 [44]. A very early issue, with the publisher's catalogue dated February 1874. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper, and a silver urn decoration stamped to upper. Brown-coated endpapers, with the binder's label of Burns & Co. to rear pastedown. Repairs to split hinges. A nice clean copy, with a moderate tobacco scent. Slightly toned to spine, with light wear to cloth. Very good. Arguably the first modern Fantasy novel, originally published in a small edition of 250 copies in 1837 by the daughter of Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Colderidge. Unusual for nineteenth-century literature, it is not burdened by high moral didacticism or intimately drawn characters, but is instead focused on its Fantastic plot, set in the wild landscape of Cumberland and Westmorland, and interspersed with poetry. This second edition, published by her family to bring the little-known work to a wider audience, is also rare.

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Title
Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale. With an Introductory Preface by Lord Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
Author
COLERIDGE, Sara (1802-1852)
Publisher
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1874
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Hardcover
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