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Philadelphia: David McKay, 1919. First Thus, First Printing. Hardcover. Very near fine in very good to near fine pictorial dust jacket. Very light trace of rubbing to covers; light edgwear to dust jacket, with small closed tear at bottom of spine panel.. Small 4to. 7.25 x 9.5 in. 342 pp. First issue, in original mauve cloth with large gilt panels with dark blue borders and large pictorial onlay; titled in gilt on spine, top edge gilt. Complete with eight color plates and blue illustrated endpapers by Jessie Willcox Smith. A very nice copy of a beautiful fairy tale, and one of MacDonald's masterpieces.

"At the Back of the North Wind" is a children's novel that merges fantasy and reality to explore themes of death, nature, and spiritual growth. The story follows a boy named Diamond and his mystical encounters with the North Wind.