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The fairy fruit. A play for children.
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Gandy, Ida
Title
The fairy fruit. A play for children.
Date 1927
date QS:P571,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 125 × 153 × 5 mm (4.92 × 6.02 × 0.19 in)
British Library
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C188a615
Place of creation London and Glasgow: Gowans & Gray Ltd.; Boston U. S. A.: The Baker International Play Bureau. Edinburgh: Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears. 38p.
Notes The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the verso of the upper cover. He has noted on the half title page: ‘[Book purchased from] David Bristow 10.92 £25’. “Plays for Children No. 8” is printed on the half title page. This series is described as: “Roy 16mo., neatly printed in parchment covers, price 1s. net each.” Glassine dust jacket. The lower cover of the dust jacket is not printed. The upper cover has a design signed, bottom left, “Jessie M. King”. The lettering above and below the illustration, is:”/Plays for Children No.8/ The/ Fairy Fruit/ By Ida Gandy/ London: and Glasgow W. Gowans & Gray Ltd/”. The upper cover illustration shows a Christmas tree rooted in a barrel, with a red dressed fairy and a star at the top, and thirteen candles at the end of the tree branches. Two brown clothed goblins at either side of the base of the tree. The spine has: “The Fairy Fruit Ida Gandy” printed along its length in black letters. There is a separate slip from Maggs catalogue of 7.98 for the series: “Gowans Art Books”. This book acquired with the generous assistance of the British Library Collections Trust. Another copy (probably) of this work is at British Library shelf mark
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The Library of the late Robin de Beaumont. Bonhams Auction Catalogue [online sale of 31 January 2024.] Lot 188. Godburn, Mark R. Nineteenth Century Dust Jackets. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 2016, pp. 130-132.

Gowans & Gray essay by Lionel Gossman: https://victorianweb.org/history/scotland/17.html
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