Bridget Kavanagh and Julia Kavanagh (5 results)

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Visible rub to board corners and to head and heel of spine. Gold gilt fountain device at about 70 percent to front board; small paste-on of wren also present. Spine and front board stamped in both black and gilt. Also includes "Redcap's Adventures in Fairyland," "Prince Doran," "Fairie and Brownie," etc. Small bookstore label of Boston's Old Corner Book Store to bottom of FFE. 245 pp., reduced from $1,915. With 30 B&W illustrations by J. Moyr Smith (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illus. with 12 b.w. plates incl. frontis. 8vo. dec. cl. a.e.g. Contents slightly shaken, inscr., occasional foxing, else good.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 274 pages. 10.00x7.50x0.62 inches. This item is printed on demand.

First edition. 8vo. 213x155mm. pp. [4], 245 [1]. Twelve illustrated plates (including the frontispiece) all with tissue guards and eighteen further illustrations in the text. Original light brown cloth, borders and cornerpieces blocked in black (repeated in blind on the lower cover) and a central illustration in gilt on the upper cover. Lettered in gilt. Some slight bumping to head and foot of spine and light rubbing to corners and top part of upper cover but otherwise in superb condition. Internally near fine. This is an excellent copy of a lovely piece of Victorian Fairy-ana. Bridget and Julia Kavanagh were mother and daughter although it was Julia who was the professional writer with Bridget perhaps supplying the plots of some of the stories. Julia wrote light fiction featuring independent, strong women. Her novels and short stories are mostly set in France where she and her mother lived for long periods. The Pearl Fountain is a charming collection of fairy tales represents something of a departure and was the last work published in her lifetime as she died following a fall in 1877.…