1897 Rare First Edition - The Children by Alice Meynell.This beautiful book has been sold Please search for other similar books from our bookseller friends! (Description) Author: Alice Meynell. Title: The Children. Publisher: London & New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1897. First Edition. Language: Text in English. Size: 7" X 5". Pages: 96 pages + illustrated publisher's catalog. Binding: Attractive and very good original blue cloth with elaborate gilt stamped decoration and lettering to the front

offering visual depictions of the fantastical elements within both stories

2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books

Illustrations: This copy without portrait but includes five full-page illustrations

bound without the half-title and the publisher's catalog - as shown)

one of the fairy tales

was one of the most prolific illustrators of the 19th century

Illustrations: Complete with all 17 haunting full-page illustrations

He also taught flower-painting to young ladies

one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later 19th century

The author: The Brothers Grimm

faithfully edited after the original 1719 edition

Content:  Very good