New York: Scribner, 1909. First Thus. Large black cloth octavo with pasted-on pictorial title; pictorial endpapers; 339 pages, color illustrations; 24cm About very good; some mild edgewear and fraying to boards; bookplate on front flyleaf; else clean and well-bound. Hardcover.
"Of the two hundred and sixty-four bewildering, unparalleled stories, the true lover can hardly spare one, yet there will always be favourties, even among these. We have chosen some of the most delightful, in our opinion; some, too, that chanced to appeal particularly to the genius of the artist. If, enticed by our choice and the beauty of the pictures, we manage to attract a few thousand more true lovers to the fountain-book, we shall have served our humble turn. The only real danger lies in neglecting it, in rearing a child who does not know it and has never fallen under its spell." --Preface. Twelve gorgeous illustrations by renowned painter and illustrator Maxfiel Parrish bring these selected tales to life.
