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A FAIRY GARLAND Being FAIRY TALES from the Old French Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
by Charles Perrault. Mme d'Aulnoy. Count Anthony Hamilton. EDMUND DULAC, illustrator
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Author: Charles Perrault. Mme d'Aulnoy. Count Anthony Hamilton. EDMUND DULAC, illustrator.
Title: A FAIRY GARLAND Being FAIRY TALES from the Old French Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Publisher: London, Toronto, Melbourne, and Sydney, Cassell & Company, Limited / New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Limited edition of 1000 signed copies. This one is #268/1000 signed by Edmund Dulac.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 11" X 9".
Pages: 251 pages.
Binding: Attractive and fine full blue morocco leather binding (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges are gilt.
Content: Near fine content (bright, tight and clean, very rare light foxing - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with twelve brightly colored wonderful full-page plates by Dulac, protected by tissue guards.
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The book: Beautiful First Edition of those Fairy Tales illustrated by EDMUND DULAC. One of 1,000 copies signed and numbered by the artist. In an exquisite Morocco binding!
The contents: The Fairy Song. Riquet with the Tuft, Puss in Boots, Bablet, Green Dragon, Fortunata, The Blue Bird, Princess Rosetta, Mayblossom.
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- Bookseller
- MFLIBRA Antique Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1577212023589
- Title
- A FAIRY GARLAND Being FAIRY TALES from the Old French Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
- Author
- Charles Perrault. Mme d'Aulnoy. Count Anthony Hamilton. EDMUND DULAC, illustrator
- Illustrator
- Edmund Dulac
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Toronto, Melbourne, and Sydney, Cassell & Company, Limited / New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Lim
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 251
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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