Lot 58: DOYLE, RICHARD. 1824-1883. Allingham, William. In Fairy Land, A Series of Pictures from the Elf World. London: Longmans Green & Company, 1875.

DOYLE, RICHARD. 1824-1883.
Allingham, William. In Fairy Land, A Series of Pictures from the Elf World. London: Longmans Green & Company, 1875. Folio (370 x 268 mm). 16 color-printed plates, containing 36 illustrations by Doyle. Vellum gilt by Asprey, gilt dragonfly wing design to each cover, original cloth cover and spine mounted and bound at rear, custom cloth slipcase.DOYLE'S MASTERPIECE FINELY BOUND IN PICTORIAL VELLUM. This is the second edition, printed by Edmund Evans, of Doyle's most ambitious and successful work. "The whole volume, which shows Doyle's secret fairy world at its most enchanting, is one of the finest examples of Victorian book production" (Dalby 12).