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| A Fairy Garland Being Fairy Tales from the Old French First Edition 1928 London, Cassell and Co. Ltd. 1928, First Edition. Original Cloth. Ill.: Edmund Dulac. Published by Cassell and contained in the original blue cloth boards with gilt titling to the spine, which are in Very Good condition with only slight corner knocks and wear to the spine This is a wonderful fairy book by Dulac containing the following stories: The Fairy Song Riquet with the Tuft Puss in Boots Bablet Green Dragon Fortunata The Blue Bird Princess Rosetta Mayblossom The above have been lavishly illustrated in 12 colour full page drawings by Dulac, all of which are present and in Near Fine condition There are 251 printed pages with a small Norwegian retailers label to the blank front pastedown and very light foxing throughout mostly to the margins but some to the body of text, not touching the colour plates A lovely example WE HAVE MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH BOOK. PLEASE ASK. THANK YOU. Very Good. GBP 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 131.75 US$ 198.48 | JP¥ 17074] Book number: 000211 Click here to order or inquire at The First Edition. | ||
| EDMUND DULAC Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights First Trade Edition 1914 London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1914, First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Ill.: Edmund Dulac. Published by Hodder and Stoughton in November 1914, this is the rare First Trade Edition The boards are front board and spine is highly decorated in tan background and indigo blue flowers. There is a large illustration by Dulac to the front in gilt of a gondola sailing past a castle and minarets. The title and illustrator details are in gilt in a wonderful Arabic style font that is continued onto the spine which also has an additional decoration The boards are in Very Good condition with only slight signs of fading and edge wear The endpapers continue the design from the front having a tan background and the blue indigo flower pattern. The endpapers to the front and back are clean and very attractive All the text and illustrations (black and white and colour) are beautifully presented within an elaborately decorated gold coloured border on the page. All 23 plates are present with their tissue-guards and in pristine condition to illustrate the following stories: 1. Sindbad the Sailor 2. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 3. The Story of the Three Calenders 4. The Sleeper Awakened A beautiful piece of artwork from Dulac WE HAVE MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH BOOK. PLEASE ASK. THANK YOU. Very Good. GBP 695.00 [Appr.: EURO 762.5 US$ 1149.53 | JP¥ 98889] Book number: 000210 Click here to order or inquire at The First Edition. |
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