Vintage 1948 HC w Sleeve: “The Little Lame Prince” by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

As shown. See all photos. Illustrated. Full title: “The Little Lame Prince & The Adventures of a Brownie.” Illustrated by Lucille Corcos. Part of the “Illustrated Junior" series. Found among my late mother’s belongings. Good condition.

6.25” x 9.1” x 1”

“A story for children first published in 1875. In the story, the young Prince Dolor, whose legs are paralysed due to a childhood trauma, is exiled to a tower in a wasteland. As he grows older, a fairy godmother provides a magical travelling cloak so he can see, but not touch, the world. He uses this cloak to go on various adventures, and develops great wisdom and empathy in the process. Finally he becomes a wise and compassionate ruler of his own land. The author's style was to stimulate positive feelings in her young readers so that they would be motivated to adopt socially correct actions in whatever circumstances they encountered. She shows how imagination (mediated by the cloak) can lead to empathy and enlightened morality.”