The birth of the opal : a child's fancies

Allen, Daphne

Published by London: George Allen & Company, 1913

About this Item

Allen, Daphne. The birth of the opal : a child's fancies. First edition. London: George Allen & Company, 1913. Hardback, VG. Green cloth, bumped to corners and base of spine; top of spine with a small amount of the cloth missing. Large paper colour title illustration asted to front; black lettering to spine. Binding strong. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece on green paper with colour illustration tipped in. Illustrated title page. 95pp., b/w illustrations throughout, + twelve pages on green paper with colour illustrations tipped in, all present but a couple creased. Contents clean and bright. Daphne Constance Allen (6 January 1899 1985) was an English artist who achieved recognition at an early age as a painter and illustrator. Throughout her career she painted religious subjects and landscapes. Allen was born in the Stamford Hill area of London where she was taught painting from an early age by her parents.[1] Her father was the painter Hugh Allen and she also took life-classes in Chelsea. As a child Daphne Allen had two books, The Birth of the Opal and A Child's Visions, published. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1692632931750

Bibliographic Details

Title: The birth of the opal : a child's fancies

Publisher: London: George Allen & Company

Publication Date: 1913

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition