• Publication: Fairies AfieldPublication Record # 607771
• Author: Mrs. Molesworth
• Date: 1911-10-00
• Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
• Price:
  3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: ix+252+[8]
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: 1st ed. Publ date via Project Gutenberg, price from publisher advert "Macmillan's New Books" The Observer -10-22 p6 as "With Illustrations by Gertrude D. Hammond. Crown 8vo." HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of 1 copy -- decorated cover uniform with Fairies—of Sorts -- "By the Same Author" lists about 50 -- title page -- dedication signed "155 Sloane Street, S.W. // May 8, 1911." -- Contents, p.v, lists 4 stories -- Illustrations, ix, lists 8 (frontispiece plus 7 plates not included in the pagination) -- collection spans p[1]-252; p252 ends "Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh."
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2576561

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Fairies Afield • interior artwork by Gertrude Demain Hammond
• 1 • "Ask the Robin" • short fiction by Mary Louisa Molesworth [as by Mrs. Molesworth]
• 60 • A Magic Table • short fiction by Mary Louisa Molesworth [as by Mrs. Molesworth]
• 121 • The Weather Maiden • short fiction by Mary Louisa Molesworth [as by Mrs. Molesworth]
• 176 • The Enchanted Trunks • short fiction by Mary Louisa Molesworth [as by Mrs. Molesworth]