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The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales From The Old French
de Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 1,472.12EUR 1,324.91
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Sobre este artículo
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 13" by 10". Edmund Dulac. A de luxe, signed edition of this beautifully illustrated edition of Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Limited edition, number 853 of 1000 copies. Signed by Edmund Dulac.With a frontispiece and twenty-nine colour plates. Original tissue guards are preserved. The plates are in an extremely bright condition. In the original decorative morocco binding. Dulac was a French British illustrator, known for his book illustrations, and stamp designs. His first commision was the illustrated the novels of the Bronte Sisters. The stamps he designed heralded the beginning of the Queen Elizabeth II's reign.Former owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, dated 1913. A beautiful copy of this work. In the original crushed morocco binding. Externally, generally smart. Cover is slightly bowed. Light rubbing to the extremities of the boards. Minor loss to the head and tail of spine. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Otherwise, pages are clean. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 757L11
- Título
- The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales From The Old French
- Autor
- Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Ilustrador
- Edmund Dulac
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1910
- Tamaño
- 13" by 10"
- Palabras clave
- Dulac Illustrated Sleeping Beauty Illustrated
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
