The Brown Owl. A Fairy Story

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.

Price: $500.00

Hardcover. First edition. Two illustrations by F. Madox Brown. Decorative cloth. Small, faintly visible blindstamp of a bookseller on the decorated front flyleaf, the spine is toned and with slight wear at extremities, a very good copy. Ford Madox Ford's uncommon first book, illustrated by his grandfather. The bibliographer quotes a letter by Ford stating that he wrote the book "to amuse my sister Juliet."

Item #498824

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Item #498824 The Brown Owl. A Fairy Story. Ford Madox FORD, as Ford H. Madox Hueffer.