Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book For The French Red Cross
by None stated
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€171.38€154.24
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1915]. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 8.5". Edmund Dulac . The first edition of this collection of children's stories, beautifully illustrated by Edmund Dulac. The first edition. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac with a frontispiece and nineteen colour plates. Collated complete. Published for the French Red Cross, to whom the profits of the sales were donated. This collection of fairy tales was illustrated by the noted illustrator Edmund Dulac, best known for his book illustrations for the Bronte sisters and his designs for banknotes and stamps. This work features classic tales such as Cinderella and Sinbad the Sailor. Undated, dated by copies found on Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking dust wrapper. Externally smart with slight fading to the spine, marks to the boards, bumping and wear to the extremities and a closed tear to the cloth to the tail of the front joint. Offsetting to the endpapers with light spotting. Front hinge starting after the front blank. Internally generally firmly bound with cords showing in places and the first few pages starting. Pages age toned and generally clean with occasional light spotting. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 891Z27
- Title
- Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book For The French Red Cross
- Author
- None stated
- Illustrator
- Edmund Dulac
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1915]
- Size
- 11" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- First edition Art Edmund Dulac Illustrated Art Fiction Fairy tale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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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