Tales of magic and meaning
By: written and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill ...
Contributors: Greenaway, John, 1816-1890; Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903; Leighton, John, 1822-1912; J. Wertheimer and Co.; Burn & Co.
Publisher: Grant and Griffith
Published: 1856
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.; Fairies -- Juvenile fiction.; Magic -- Juvenile fiction.; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.; Children's stories -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.; Juvenile fiction.
Notes: One wood-engraved plate is signed: "Greenaway Sc." [i.e. John Greenaway?], and one is signed: "M Jackson Sc." [i.e. Mason Jackson?].  All are with captions and hand-coloured.

Publisher's advertisements on p. 1-32 for "Griffith and Farran, late Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris ... ".

P. vii misnumbered "viii".

MASS copy: Bound in green wave-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e.g.  Upper cover blocked in gold with titling and decorative border design illustrated with small fairies and other magical figures.  Design with signature: "JL" [i.e. John Leighton].  With pale pastel orange painted endpapers.  With binder's ticket: "Bound by  Burn  37 & 38  Kirby St.".  With presentation inscription dated 1870.
Table of contents: value: The princess with the golden wand; value: The two roses; value: The little silver bell; value: The mole knome; value: Young King Flexible; or, the growing fault; value: The dwarf and the woodcutter; value: To-day; or, The prince and the sage; value: Little Sunshine; value: The red-caps.