1339372 THE TALISMAN! : A SUPERIOR COLLECTION OF MAGIC TALES, ORIGINAL AND SELECT
THE TALISMAN! : A SUPERIOR COLLECTION OF MAGIC TALES, ORIGINAL AND SELECT
THE TALISMAN! : A SUPERIOR COLLECTION OF MAGIC TALES, ORIGINAL AND SELECT
THE TALISMAN! : A SUPERIOR COLLECTION OF MAGIC TALES, ORIGINAL AND SELECT

THE TALISMAN! : A SUPERIOR COLLECTION OF MAGIC TALES, ORIGINAL AND SELECT

London: C. Cowie, [between ca. 1830 and 1833?]. 16mo., 250 pages; VG; bound in three quarter black calf, marbled boards, spine gilt tooled, green label with gilt 'The Talisman' title; mild shelfwear and rubbing; lacking main title page, but each story with with separate title page, headed: 'Magic tales,' pagination and register continuous; 147/148 missing lower 2 cm;

'Embellished with eight coloured engravings,' all folding, of which this copy only has seven, 'The Magic Car! or, Three Days Trial' is missing the folding hand-colored plate'

extremely scarce; shelved case 0.

1339372

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $400

NOTES

A collection of stories: 'The Devil's Dice! or, The Six Sixes,' 'The Magic Ring!,' 'The Fatal Prediction; or, Love's Martyr,' 'The Magic Mirror! or, the Exploits of Sir Hugh Heron,' 'The Ocean Spirit: a Legendary Tale,' 'The Magic Dream! or, the Bond of Blood,' 'The Three Wishes! a Legendary Tale. Also, The Dwarf and the Miller's Daughter,' 'The Magic Car! or, Three Days Trial,' 'The Elfin Queen!,' 'The Double Transformation; or, The Slave's Revenge,' 'The Demon Lover! or, the Musician of Augsburg,' 'The Fiend's Watch; or, the Fatal Compact,' 'Lord Albert and Fair Josephine,' and 'The Gnome King! or, the Magic Sceptre.';