POWER, Rhoda.
How It Happened: Myths and Folk-tales.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930.
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First Edition of Rhoda Power's How It Happened: Myths and Folk-Tales; Illustrated by Celebrated Engraver Agnes Miller Parker
First edition of this charming collection of myths and folk tales retold by Rhoda Power, notable above all for its striking illustrations printed from lino-cuts by the celebrated engraver Agnes Miller Parker. Octavo, original linen cloth with a pictorial lino-cut design in red to the front cover. In near fine condition. Illustrated with lino-cuts by Agnes Miller Parker.
How It Happened gathers myths and folk tales from around the world, retold for young readers by Rhoda Power, the English author and pioneering broadcaster whose history and story programmes for schools on the early BBC won her a wide following. The book is prized above all for its illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker, one of the most gifted British engravers of the twentieth century, whose bold, intricate lino-cuts and wood engravings adorned some of the finest illustrated books of the era. This early example of her work, produced for the Cambridge University Press, shows the vigorous line and decorative power that would make her illustrations so admired.
How It Happened: Myths and Folk-tales.
$100.00
In Stock