Gnomes
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1977. Rien Poortvliet.
Oversized Quarto. 212 pp. Textured brown leather boards featuring a bright gold gilt-stamped gnome with a lantern on the front panel and sharp gilt title to spine. Square binding with negligible wear to extremities. Original pictorial dust jacket present, showing light uniform age-toning and wear; unclipped. Internally fine throughout. Title page features the standard pre-printed facsimile signatures of the author and illustrator.
The First American Edition of the masterpiece of whimsical modern folklore. Written and illustrated in the style of an authentic naturalist's field log, this tongue-in-cheek volume meticulously documents the anatomy, cultural history, architecture, and daily routines of the forest gnome. A beautiful, well-preserved copy of a 1970s fantasy milestone.
Price: $175.00