Vintage 1979 Faeries Book - Alan Lee Cover Variant

Vintage 1979 Faeries Book - Alan Lee Cover Variant (Pan Books First Printing) This is a highly collectible 1979 vintage paperback edition of the legendary fantasy art book "Faeries" by Brian Froud and Alan Lee, published by Pan Books Ltd. This is the scarcer, highly sought-after Alan Lee "Thomas the Rhymer" cover variant, which features a sleeping harper surrounded by tree roots and Fly Agaric toadstools. Condition: Very Good Spine: Exceptionally rare condition—perfectly strong, completely clean, and 100% free of creases or stress lines. Front Cover: Shows minor shelf wear, featuring a slight vertical crease about a quarter of the way in from the right edge, and a small turned-up corner. Otherwise immaculate. Back Cover: Near perfect, with just a minor turn up on the bottom corner. Interior: Pages and stunning watercolor plates are clean, tight, and completely unmarked. A beautiful, crisp copy for any serious fantasy art or Tolkien/Alan Lee collector. No printing number line on the copyright page, confirming it as the true 1979 Pan first printing. There is an inscription inside on the first page, its a persons name.