A late 19th, or early 20th century exercise book containing a child’s manuscript fairy tale of some 54 pages of longhand, with 28 mounted watercolour illustrations. Well-written and charmingly, if naively, illustrated. Few pages loose; wrappers worn; else very good. It is extremely unusual to find a child’s work of this length and complexity. Unfortunately, there appears to be no clue to its authorship. £1,850. 00.