Author: (Kredel, Fritz; Moyers, William; Szyk, Arthur). Hersholt, Jean; Southey, Robert. Title: The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless: Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp / the Three Bears / the Story of Joseph and His Brothers. (3 Volumes).
Description: New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. 1949. New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. 1949. Very good. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 8 inches wide. Hardcover, three volumes bound in cream, white, and brown cloth with decorations and illustrations on the front boards, titled in various colors on the spines, in the original glassine dust wrappers. The books are housed in a red slipcase with a paper label on its spine. The glassine jackets are slightly chipped and the slipcase is slightly soiled with minor chips to the case's extremities & label. The pagination of each volume is as follows: 1) Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp: 39 pages and colophon, illustrated in color by Fritz Kredel; 2) The Three Bears: unpaginated, with a colophon and with bright color illustrations by William Moyers; 3) The Story of Joseph and His Brothers: 48 & [2] pages plus the colophon, with tipped-in color illustrations by Arthur Szyk. Near fine in a very good slipcase. Limited edition of 2,500 sets, each volume numbered 1820. The individual volumes are as follows: 1) ALADDIN & THE WONDERFUL LAMP Re-Told by Jean Hersholt. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. 2) THE THREE BEARS by Robert Southey with illustrations by William Moyers. 3) THE STORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS AS TOLD IN THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Illustrated by Arthur Szyk. Each of the three volumes is Inscribed " for Charlie" and SIGNED BY JEAN HERSHOLT on the colophon. Hersholt was the General Editor of the series. Very good .
Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; THE EVERGREEN TALES; OR, TALES FOR THE AGELESS; FAIRY TALES; LIMITED EDITION; NUMBERED EDITION; JEAN HERSHOLT; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB; ALADDIN & THE WONDERFUL LAMP; THE THREE BEARS; THE STORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS
Price: US$ 125.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 99833
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