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Mopsa the Fairy. Mopsa the Fairy.

INGELOW, Jean. Mopsa the Fairy. FIRST EDITION. Longmans, Green, & Co. 1869
Front. + 7 plates by Jessie MacGregor, Alfred W. Hunt & W. Eden; sl. spotting, leading blank torn at upper corner & laid down on verso of leading f.e.p. Contemp. half calf, gilt spine, red morocco label; rubbed. Signed 'Albert Foot, June 1879'.

¶The extremely scarce first edition of Ingelow's haunting tale for children. Jean Ingelow, 1820-97, friend of Ruskin, Longfellow, Tennyson & Christina Rossetti, and a candidate for the role of poet laureate after Tennyson's death.
Stock #52963
£380


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