Author: Helen Beauclerk
Title: The Green Lacquer Pavilion by Helen Beauclerk Adorned with Nine Cuts and a Portrait of the Author by Edmund Dulac
Description: Not Stated, W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition of this fantasy novel by Beauclerk, illustrated by her friend Edmund Dulac. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1926. Portrait frontispiece depicting the author. 9 woodcut illustrations by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) and head and tailpieces accompanying the text. Collated complete. Helen Beauclerk (1892-1969) wrote fantasy novels. After Edmund Dulac separated from his wife in 1924, he lived with Beauclerk until his death in 1953. Dulac frequently used her as a model for his illustrations, and also illustrated her novel The Love of the Foolish Angel. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a little wear to the head and tail of the spine. A small loss to the spine label, not affecting the text, and a scattering of tiny stains to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean with the odd spot throughout, as well as to the fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Edmund Dulac. Very Good .

Keywords: Helen Beauclerk Edmund Dulac Fantasy fiction Edmund Dulac Edmund Dulac


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