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 (Description)  

Author: Anna Maria Hall (Mrs. S. C. Hall).
Title: The Prince of the Fair Family: A Fairy Tale.
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall, no date (circa 1866). First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9 " X 7 ".
Pages: 160 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original gilt decorated full-cloth binding by Virtue & Co (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, small bookbinder stamp on the last endpaper - as shown). 
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated by various Victorian artists. 

Estimate: (USD 300 - USD 350)

The book: Attractive and rare First edition published by Chapman and Hall in London, one of the very beautiful of all Mrs. Hall's books. 

The author: Anna Maria Hall (6 January 1800 – 30 January 1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S. C. Hall". She married Samuel Carter Hall, a writer on art, who described her in Retrospect of a Long Life, from 1815 to 1883. She was born Anna Maria Fielding in Dublin, but left Ireland for England at the age of 15.