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The magic fishbone

24 unnumbered pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : 19 X 22 cm · King Watkins the First is the father of the lovely and kind-hearted Princess Alicia and a tribe of eighteen other darlings. Between their money problems, the queen's illness, and the children's boisterous doings, the king and his eldest daughter are fairly overwhelmed by responsibilities. But a chance meeting with the good fairy Grandmarina brings a bit of magic into their lives and leads the entire family toward health and happiness. She gives Princess Alicia a magic fishbone. To her father's confusion she declines to use it. Her reward is marriage, which does seem a fantasy as she and the groom appear to be very young · At head of title: Romance from the pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, aged seven · "From 'Holiday romance', first published in 1868."--Half title · Illustrated lining papers: each page contains "CD" monogram with a frame incorporating the central motif made out of mistletoe · Black and white illustrated half title, with printed signature of Charles Dickens and "Alice Rainbird." · Colour pictorial title page with a frame containing characters from the book · Line illustrations in the text and three colour p

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