Author: Anon
Title: A Tale of the Winds and the Waves: A Mournful Chant of Merrie Christmas
Description: London , E Atchley, 1849. Cloth. An anonymously written Victorian tale. Illustrated, with dozens of vignettes and seven full page plates. Bookplate to front pastedown indicates a prior owner to be Walter Flinn. A scarce publication with not much known about it. The fictional prose is set around Christmas time, as inferred from the title. The frontispiece is titled 'Christmas in the Olden Time&apos. Very scarce - only held in four locations worldwide institutionally. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to the front board and spine. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine as well as the extremities. Small ink spills to the front board. Cloth has aged. Walter Flinn bookplate to front pastedown. Library of the Arts stamp to bottom of title page and Selbourne library stamp to verso of title page as well as to the bottom of page 51, does not affect text. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned to edges and clean throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Walter Finn Christmas Hugh Selbourne Christmas None


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