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Dealings With the Fairies MacDonald, George. 1st Edition US. New York: George Routledge and Sons Limited n.d. 1891. Octavo 13x19cm. 284pp 2pp ads. First US edition issued 24 years after the first British edition by Strahan. Original blue cloth over bevelled boards front board and spine decorated in black and gilt. Patterned floral endpapers. Illustrations in black & white. via Powell’s Rare Books George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer a household name, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired deep admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L’Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his “master”. Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day in a train station, he began to read; “a few hours later,” said Lewis, “I knew I had crossed a great frontier.” text via amazon.com

Dealings With the Fairies MacDonald, George. 1st Edition US. New York: George Routledge and Sons Limited n.d. 1891. Octavo 13x19cm. 284pp 2pp ads. First US edition issued 24 years after the first British edition by Strahan. Original blue cloth over bevelled boards front board and spine decorated in black and gilt. Patterned floral endpapers. Illustrations in black & white. via Powell’s Rare Books

George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer a household name, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired deep admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L’Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his “master”. Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day in a train station, he began to read; “a few hours later,” said Lewis, “I knew I had crossed a great frontier.” text via amazon.com

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2 years ago on June 01, 2010 at 04:01pm
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