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The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood; The Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves; The Ugly Duckling
de Charles Perrault, J. C. Mardrus, E. Powys Mathers, Hans Christian Andersen, Jean Hersholt
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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New York: The Limited Editions Club , 1949. Cloth. Fine. 12" by 8". Sylvian Sauvage; Edward Ardizzone; Everett Gee Jackson . A beautiful three volume limited edition set of these classic children's stories, two of which are signed. A handsome limited edition, three volume set of 'The Evergreen Tales; or Tales for the Ageless'. In full cloth pictorial binding with the original slipcase. This set comprises of: 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' by Charles Perrault. Translated from the French by P. H. Muir. This edition consists of 2500 numbered copies of which this is number 950. With twelve watercolour illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Collated complete. 'The Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves', being literally translated from the Arabic into French by J. C. Mardrus; and then translated into modern English by E. Powys Mathers. This edition consists of 2500 copies of which this is number 950. With beautiful colour illustrated paste-downs and free endpapers. Consisting of a frontispiece, nine full page illustrations and several vignette illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. Collated complete. Signed by the illustrator to the limitations page. 'The Ugly Duckling' by Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt. This edition consists of 2500 numbered copies of which this is number 950. Illustrated with four full page plates and numerous colour vignette illustrations throughout by Everett Gee Jackson. Signed by both the translator and illustrator to the limitations page. In the original full, pictorial cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. Some fading and marks to the spines. A few light handling marks to the boards of 'Ali Baba' and 'The Ugly Duckling'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Ink signature to the limitations page of 'Ali Baba' and pencil signatures to the limitations page of 'the ugly duckling'. Slipcase is a trifle rubbed. Shelf wear to the edges and cracking to the front corners. Title plate is darkened and chipped. Fine
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- Rooke Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 834G19
- Título
- The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood; The Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves; The Ugly Duckling
- Autor
- Charles Perrault, J. C. Mardrus, E. Powys Mathers, Hans Christian Andersen, Jean Hersholt
- Ilustrador
- Sylvian Sauvage; Edward Ardizzone; Everett Gee Jackson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Limited Editions Club
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1949
- Tamaño
- 12" by 8"
- Palabras clave
- Fairy Tales The Sleeping Beauty The Ugly Duckling Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The Sleeping Beauty
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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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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- Cloth
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- Shelf Wear
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Plate
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- Vignette
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
