For many families, one of the happier trends in recent publishing has been the rediscovery of some of the wonderful illustrated books that date back to the Edwardian and Victorian periods. But never before or since has there been a book to equal Richard Doyle’s In Fairyland. Originally published in 1870, this masterpiece of Victorian colour illustration has been justifiably described as one of the finest books ever produced for children.
Here are faithfully reproduced the delicate, haunting beauty of its colour plates and vignettes. As in the original edition, the pictures are complemented by William Allingham’s text-poem, and to this is added the later text version entitled THE PRINCESS NOBODY by Andrew Lang.
In addition Bryan Holme has contributed a foreword and Dr Patricia Thomson, an accepted authority on Victorian literature, has contributed the biographical notes.
Here is a book whose beauty will be found compelling by all who read it, collectors and children alike.