1900 Rare Book - At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald illustratedAuthor: George MacDonald. (illustrated by Arthur Hughes). Title: At the Back of the North Wind With Seventy Five Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Frontispiece and Cover Design by Laurence Housman. Publisher: London, Glasgow, Dublin, Blackie and Son Limited, 1900. Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 5 x 5 inches. Pages: vi 378 pages + publisher's catalogue. Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full cloth binding. Turquoise blue cloth

and a gilt-titled black morocco label (hinges fine

A particularly desirable copy with its original dust jacket present

The author: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

The upper cover features a decorative floral border framing a central medallion with a sorrowful female figure

epitomizes the exuberant aesthetic of 1880s gift-book design

with an elaborate black-stamped architectural design on the front cover and floral motifs framing the title

Binding: Attractive and very good original full gilt decorated cloth binding (hinges fine

Illustrations: Complete with the 42 beautiful illustrations by John Tenniel

marketed for their durability and washable qualities

as touching Ker of Fairnilee

some light foxing - as shown

or The Exiles of Siberia