A book of elfin rhymes - Norman

An exquisite facsimile edition of a turn-of-the-century children's
book of rhymes.

This charming children's book, written by an anonymous author known only as 'Norman' and first published in 1900, features eleven rhymes that capture the
mysterious and sometimes ridiculous world of goblins, witches and fairies. Children and
parents alike will delight at these stories of naughty imps and elves who love to play
pranks, tease and make mischief on humans, animals and one another. And while few
of these fairy tales have a happy ending, all of them offer the reader a moral lesson of
sorts. Each verse is accompanied by several drawings by illustrator Carton Moore Park
in either one, two or three simple colours in a style that not only conveys the magic
of the fairy-realm, but also is strikingly modern in character.

This facsimile edition is
bound with a silkscreened cloth cover and printed on high-quality paper to create a
collectible object that recipients young and old will treasure long into adulthood. It is
the latest volume in a series of special facsimiles of historic illustrated children's titles
selected and produced by Art / Books.