Author: C.F.TUNNICLIFFE. Harcourt Williams
Title: Tales from Ebony. With thirty-two wonderfully vibrant colour plates by C.F.Tunnicliffe. (SIGNED)
Description: Putnam, London, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition (first printing) - this copy signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 258pp. Bright orange cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board and illustrated with two black-stamped Tunnicliffe decorations. In addition to the colour plates Tunnicliffe also contributes nearly sixty chapter header and tailpiece drawings and vignettes. Cloth a little darkened, marked and rubbed, with a little light wear to the spine ends and corner tips. Top edge dust soiled and with a little marking and very light spotting to half a dozen preliminary and concluding leaves. A good copy, particularly crisp and bright internally. Lacking the extremely uncommon dust wrapper. A collection of thirty-one fairy stories penned by the noted actor and West End director, beautifully enhanced with these early Tunnicliffe illustrations. Good/No Jacket.

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