Tales from the court of Oberon
By: with sixteen illustrations by Alfred Crowquill.
Contributors: Crowquill, Alfred.; Lee, James, fl. 1800-1875.; Samuel Bentley and Co.; Bone & Son
Series: The child's library of fiction
Publisher: Grant and Griffith, Successors to Newbery and Harris
Published: 1848
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.; Fairy tales.
Genres: Specimens.
Notes: T.p. printed within decorative border.  Publisher's monogram printed on t.p.

Date taken from St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books, v. 1.

Includes "Address." entitled: "The Child's Library of Fiction: A Series of Nursery Tales, written in a fresh manner, to suit the capabilities of children clever enough to begin to read.": p. [iii]-iv.

Some wood-engraved plates are printed on beige/grey background tint. One is signed "Lee".  Others are unsigned.

Also published separately in shilling books belonging to the series "The Little library of fiction".  Cf. St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books, v. 1.  See McLean D 1113.

Colophon of "The children in the wood" and "Valentine and Orson" is with printer's statement: "S. Bentley and Co., Printers, Bangor House, Shoe Lane.".

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1]-7 and [1] at end.

St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books,  v. 1, p. 43.

MASS copy: Bound in green morocco-grain cloth blocked in blind with the spine blocked in gold.  With pale yellow glazed endpapers.  With binder's ticket: "Bound by  Bone & Son,  76, Fleet Street,  London.".  With presentation inscription dated 1849.  With ink stamp: "Victoria League  Transvaal School Libraries".  Lacking one plate.
Table of contents: value: Tom Thumb, his life and death; value: The children in the wood; value: Valentine and Orson; value: Graciosa and Percinet.