Blossom: A Fairy Story Agatha Christie only opened for checking and

only opened for checking and photographing

Introduction by Lafcadio Hearn

This volume contains many stories from Spanish and Chinese traditions as well as tales from Madame D’Aulnoy and others

[1–2] 3–232: [9] leaves of colour plates (facing pp

others untrimmed

Blossom: A Fairy Story Agatha Christie only opened for checking andBlossom: A Fairy Story, by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. London: A & C Black, 1928. First edition, 4to. Publisher's blue cloth spine lettered in gilt, paper covered boards in a mottled design, paste on label to upper cover lettered in blue and with a small line drawing of two fairies printed in blue, top edge coloured (now faded), pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with 16 full page illustrations by the author, 8 in colour and 8 in black and white,