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BYFIELD, BARBARA NINDE:
The Glass Harmonica.
A Lexicon of the Fantastical.
In which it is determined that:
Wizards see best with their eyes closed; Torturers reek of mutton, cold sweat and rust;
It is unwise to take a Herald on a Picnic;
Like Owls, Bells Comment;
Apprentices cost but little to keep;
Bats consider sunlight vulgar, and other reveations of the mystical order of things...
Illustrations by the Author.
Collier Macmillan Ltd. London. 1967 1st printing.,
10.0 x 8.0 inches.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine.
With brown endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper.
In very good condition with very good dustwrapper.
(d/w. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends. Small marks. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap).
A clean and tight copy.
160 pp.
With b/w illustrations throughout.
A book of amusing nonsense, presented in alphabetical order and lavishly illustrated.
93035
The Glass Harmonica.
A Lexicon of the Fantastical.
In which it is determined that:
Wizards see best with their eyes closed; Torturers reek of mutton, cold sweat and rust;
It is unwise to take a Herald on a Picnic;
Like Owls, Bells Comment;
Apprentices cost but little to keep;
Bats consider sunlight vulgar, and other reveations of the mystical order of things...
Illustrations by the Author.
Collier Macmillan Ltd. London. 1967 1st printing.,
10.0 x 8.0 inches.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine.
With brown endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper.
In very good condition with very good dustwrapper.
(d/w. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends. Small marks. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap).
A clean and tight copy.
160 pp.
With b/w illustrations throughout.
A book of amusing nonsense, presented in alphabetical order and lavishly illustrated.
93035
