Odette. A Fairy Tale for Weary People. With Four Illustrations by Albert Buhrer.
1916. London: Elkin Mathews, 1916.
Slim 8vo, 39 pp. Frontispiece (reproducing front cover illustration), 4 plates and 3 decorative initial letters. Original beige pictorial stiff wrappers lettered in black with protective covering. Covers browned, lightly frayed at the foot of the spine, else a good copy of a fragile booklet.
§ First separate illustrated edition. 2,000 copies of which Firbank reserved 20 for gifts. The text is a slightly revised version of the 1905 edition (Firbank's first book). Written for Firbank's mother, the book was a favorite of Lady Firbank. Item #123714
Price: $150.00
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