Author: Jerome Doucet
Title: Contes de Haute-Lisse
Description: Paris, Bernoux et Cumin, 1899 . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated Limited Edition collection of French short stories, decorated in a distinctive Art Nouveau style A Limited Edition, no. 335 of 500 copies printed in this edition.Illustrated throughout by English artist Garth Jones, an illustrator who worked mainly in woodcut, pen and ink line art drawing and watercolour. Jones contributed his distinctive style to many literary works over the course of his lifetime, including editions of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and H. G. Wells.This work contains six tales, each with a distinctive colour palette: 'Le Sommeil', 'Le Ramier', 'Le Serment', 'Le Missel', 'La Main' and 'La Cicatrice&apos. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Small split to cloth at head of front joint, not affecting binding. Rubbing to calf spine label. Marks to front boards. Front and rear hinges starting, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: Alfred Garth Jones. Good .
Keywords: French Art Nouveau short story Art Nouveau Alfred Garth Jones
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Title: Contes de Haute-Lisse
Description: Paris, Bernoux et Cumin, 1899 . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated Limited Edition collection of French short stories, decorated in a distinctive Art Nouveau style A Limited Edition, no. 335 of 500 copies printed in this edition.Illustrated throughout by English artist Garth Jones, an illustrator who worked mainly in woodcut, pen and ink line art drawing and watercolour. Jones contributed his distinctive style to many literary works over the course of his lifetime, including editions of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and H. G. Wells.This work contains six tales, each with a distinctive colour palette: 'Le Sommeil', 'Le Ramier', 'Le Serment', 'Le Missel', 'La Main' and 'La Cicatrice&apos. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Small split to cloth at head of front joint, not affecting binding. Rubbing to calf spine label. Marks to front boards. Front and rear hinges starting, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: Alfred Garth Jones. Good .
Keywords: French Art Nouveau short story Art Nouveau Alfred Garth Jones
Price: GBP 290.00 = appr. US$ 414.12 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 792F46
- Book number: 792F46
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