At The Back of the North Wind; With twelve full-page illustrations in colour and seventy-six text illustrations in black-and-white

Published: n.d. [c1911] First serialised in 'Good words for the young" in 1870 and in book form in 1871. 1st Thus. The edition is not stated on either the title or colophon page. Originally published First serialised in 'Good words for the young" in 1870 and in book form in 1871. DESCRIPTION: Pictorial blue cloth with Talwin Morris / Glasgow school decorated margins and spine. Illustrated with twelve colour plates by Frank C. Pape and Arthur Hughe's original seventy six in drawings in text. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Rubbed and sunned front cloth and spine. Tightly bound with toned intact endpapers and firm hinges. Previous owners name to ffep. Small mark to verso of half title and spotting to verso of frontis. Very occasional minor spot to otherwise clean pages. Lightly toned text block edges with a few spots and marks. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages vi, 391. Size: 20cm by 14cm. AUTHOR: George MacDonald (10 December 1824 - 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors, including W. H. Auden, J. M. Barrie, Lord Dunsany, Hope Mirrlees, Robert E. Howard, L. Frank Baum, T.H. White, Lloyd Alexander, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit, Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman and Madeleine LEngle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later", said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence". Frank Cheyne Papé, who generally signed himself Frank C. Papé (b. Camberwell, July 4, 1878 - d. Bedford, May 5, 1972), was an English artist and book illustrator. He studied at The Slade School of Fine Art, completing his studies circa 1902-04. Papé was married to a fellow Slade student, illustrator Alice Stringer BOOK RESUME: At the Back of the North Wind is a childrens book by George MacDonald. It was serialized in the childrens magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centred on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. The book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from seeing through her window. Diamond befriends her, and North Wind lets him ride on her back, taking him on several adventures. Though the North Wind does good deeds and helps people, she also does seemingly terrible things. On one of her assignments, she must sink a ship. Yet everything she does that seems bad leads to something good. The North Wind seems to be a representation of Pain and Death working according to Gods will for something good. On their adventures, North Wind brings Diamond to the country he lives in, a country without pain and death. Yet, he is brought only to a shadow of the real country at the back of the North Wind. The real country is open for him only after his death. At the end of the book, Diamond dies, finally able to see the country.…