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New York: Brentano's. Limited edition. Cloth. Fair. Edmund Dulac. Limited edition of 675, of which this is 417. Folio, 150 pp., bound in cloth with decorated paper boards. Spine attached on one side only, board tips and edges rubbed through, PLATES MISSING. A good copy for reading.

Nisbet & Co, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy #594 of only 675 numbered copies issued. 10 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac. A Very Good copy in the original white cloth over grey boards printed in silver, with paper label on the front cover, spine stampe in gilt (some smudging and light wear to cloth; boards rubbed at corners, pen note on the back of the cloth near the spine (see image)). A scarce work on Pearls, beautifully illustrated by Dulac.

Brentano's, 1/1/1921. Hardcover. Good. Limited edition, no. 23 of 675 copies. Publisher's 1/4 white cloth of black and silver pictorial boards. 150 pages, 10 leaves of mounted color illustration plates; 30 cm. Top edge gilt. Light shelf wear. Bump on cover edge. Hughey 54e; Sinkakas 5559. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

New York: Brentano's, 1921. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 151 pages. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Top edge gilt. Gilt title on white cloth spine, front cover with sea motif in silver over gray paper. Title on pastedown in upper right corner of front cover. Hand numbered #93 of 675 copies. Features 10 full color tipped-in plates illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Cover corners with light/moderate rubbing. Hinges intact but tender. Nice copy. Record # 612389

New York: Brentano's, 1925. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Brentano's, [1925]. First U.S. Trade Edition, printed in a run of 675 copies, of which this is #312. Quarto. 151 pp. 10 color plates by Dulac, mounted on white art paper, framed with gray-green lines, with tissue guards printed at top with black letterpress. Dust jacket of tan paper printed in lavender with geometric seaweed design. Half white cloth with grey papered boards, stamped in silver with design of stylized waves and sea shells, spine stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt; geometric seaweed endpapers. Dust jacket chipped with several short closed tears and rubbed along edges with some unfortunate dampstaining along spine, and a longer 5" tear to front joint starting at bottom edge. Large dampstain to bottom quarter of back board extending up along fore-edge, with some runs and ripples to paper and outward bowing toward fore-edge. Boards otherwise lightly edgeworn with exposure to bottom edge near corners. Binding is sound. Bookseller… Read More

London Uk: Nisbet, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12 1/4" Tall. 151 Pp. First Edition, #152 Of 675 Copies For The Uk, Bound In Quarter Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt, Over Illustrated Boards With Printed Paper Label, Printed On Thick, High Quality Paper. Color Plates Tipped In. All Gilt Still Brilliant. Very Good, Wear To Boards With Fraying At Edges, Some Browning To Spine Cloth. Binding Tight, Decorated Endpapers Immaculate, Very Nice Illustrated Engraved Bookplate Of E. Howard Paget, 1926. Quite Scarce.

New York: Brentano's, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine/fair. American issue, no date but c. 1920, no. 387 of 675 copies, quarto, white cloth-backed pictorial gray boards in pictorial dust jacket, gilt titled on spine, pearl-gray endpapers, 151 pp, 10 mounted plates by Dulac. Book is nearly fine, very bright and crisp, owner's bookplate on both front and rear flyleaves, name sticker on front pastedown, lightest rubbing to corners, spine particularly bright and white, dust jacket fair to good only, with only 25 percent of spine paper left, some light edge chipping to front and rear panels of jacket.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, [1925]. Limited edition #88/675. Hardcover. Quarto, 150 page. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's quarter white cloth over gray paper boards with gilt titling to spine. Front board stamped in silver with a design of stylized waves and sea shells with white paper label bearing gray titling. Bumping to head and tail of spine and to corners. Bound with grey pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Ten color plates tipped in with printed tissue guards, includes frontispiece, in excellent condition. Mild foxing throughout. "Of this edition 675 copies have been printed for sale in the British Empire, of which this is no. 88." DC Consignment. Shelved in Case 14. 1262171. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Brentano's,, [1925]. Limited US edition, number 559 of 675 copies. Léonard Rosenthal was a famed Parisian jeweller who personally commissioned Dulac's illustrations; they first appeared in a French edition in 1920. As noted by Dulac's bibliographer, "[Dulac's] plates, truly genius, do much to bring a fanciful touch to the otherwise stark exposition of a treatise on pearls... There is whimsy, too, in the personalities imparted to the various species of marine life that are worked into the designs. Dulac had always enjoyed ornamenting the total book in which his plates appeared, producing end papers, title page designs, covers, etc. But here he outdid himself." Large quarto. Original quarter cloth and grey boards, spine lettered and with pictorial decoration in gilt, front cover with pictorial decoration and printed label, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece and nine colour plates with printed tissue-guards. Corners and lower extremities worn, occasional light… Read More

New York:: Brentano's,, n.d.. No. 644 of 675 copies.. original vellum-backed decorated boards in dust jacket.. Slightest of bumping at head and tail of spine, otherwise a bright, fresh copy in dust jacket with a few neat tissue repairs at folds; a chip, 1-1/2" deep, at the head of the spine, and a tanned and creased backstrip.. Folio,. With tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac.

London: Nisbet, 1920. Near fine.. Limited edition of this beautiful Golden-Age book, one of only 675 copies illustrated by Edmund Dulac, including a striking cover design. Quarto. 11'' x 8.75''. Quarter white cloth, grey pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Dulac with 10 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. pages. [12], 151, [1] pages. Slight bumping to corners and spine ends. Silver on pictorial boards beautifully intact.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd,, [1920]. Limited English edition, number 248 of 675 copies. Léonard Rosenthal was a famed Parisian jeweller who personally commissioned Dulac's illustrations; they first appeared in the French edition of the same year. As noted by Dulac's bibliographer, "[Dulac's] plates, truly genius, do much to bring a fanciful touch to the otherwise stark exposition of a treatise on pearls". Large quarto. Original quarter cloth and grey boards, lettering and pictorial decoration to spine in gilt, pictorial decoration to front cover in silver with printed label, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece and nine colour plates with printed tissue-guards. Foot of spine bumped, minor tear to lower joint, extremities worn, some foxing, some leaves slightly loose, occasional dampstains; a good copy.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., [1920]. First Edition Illustrated by Dulac, this one of 675 numbered copies printed for sale in the British Empire (there was another issue of 100 copies which were signed by Dulac). 4to. pp. 6 p.l., [151], [1]. with half-title. 10 tipped-in colour plates. original quarter cloth, t.e.g., others uncut. dw. from American edn. (some chipping to edges of dw.). dola2566

London: Nesbit & Co. Ltd. 1912. First edition. First edition. Signed Limited Edition. Original white paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the front, vellum spine with gilt titles. An excellent near fine copy, the vellum spine very clean and bright, the boards darkened to the edges but the gilt legible and bright. The contents are without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps and clean and bright throughout. All ten tipped in colour plates and their tissue guards are present as called for and in fine condition. A lovely copy. Limited to only 100 copies signed by Edmund Dulac, of which this is number 17. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

The First UK printing published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd, London in 1920. Number '97' of 100 special deluxe copies signed by the artist to the limitation page. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with original white paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the front and a vellum spine with gilt titles. The vellum spine remains very clean and bright. The boards have lightly darkened in places to the edges. Internally clean and free of inscriptions. All ten tipped in colour plates and their printed tissue guards are present as called for and are in fine condition. The very scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. The gilt titling and decoration remains very bright to the front cover. A small closed tear to the upper front edge and a little age related marking but it remains in exceptional condition for its age. The wrapper is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Léonard Rosenthal was a famed Parisian jeweller who personally commissioned Dulac's illustrations; they first appeared in… Read More