299 pages, illustrated, plus fifteen pages listing Blackie and Son's Illustrated story books. No publication date, early 1900s. The hinge facing the half title page is cracked, loosening the front end paper, though the binding remains solid; the pages foxed intermittently throughout the book, mostly lightly, but with a couple of pages quite heavily. Pencil inscription on front end paper. Overall an attractive copy. "A young Scottish boy relates his adventures growing up with his three brothers in a small country town in northern Scotland where their father is clergyman.""MacDonald is often regarded as the founding father of modern fantasy writing.His best-known works are Phantastes (1858), The Princess and the Goblin (1872), At the Back of the North Wind (1868-1871)..." (Wikipedia)