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NY: Limited Editions Club. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Slipcase worn and dampstained, glassine . jackets tattered.. 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Second collection of fairy tales in this limited edition series edited by Jean Hersholt. One of 2,500 copies. Three volumes in various color illustrated cloth with glassine jackets housed in red cardboard slipcase with printed paper label on spine. The Dick Whittington volume is signed by Hersholt and Caldecott medalist illustrator Robert Lawson. This is number 696/2500. This collection includes: Dick Whittington and His Cat, red cloth, 37pp, retold and illustrated by Robert Lawson; Beauty and the Beast, blue cloth, 45pp, by Mme. Le Prince de Beaumont, translated by P. H. Muir and illustrated by Edy Legrand; Saint George and the Dragon, gray cloth, 76pp, by retold by William H. G. Kingston, illustrated by Edward Shenton. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Three volume set in red paper-covered slipcase with printed paper spine label. Limited edition. Copy no. 873 (of 2000). Small folios. Each volume with color illustrations. All three are fine in glassine jackets. The jacket on Pandora's Box is torn on the front lower right corner, else very good overall. The box is near fine with a few small nicks and tears. All three volumes are Signed by Jean Hersholt. The set consists of the following three separate works: *The Tale of King Midas and The Golden Touch*. As told by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated with color lithographs by Fritz Eichenberg; *Pandora's Box* By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni; *The Emperor's New Clothes* By Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Jean Hersholt. Illustrated by Ervine Metzl. A handsome set.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Three volume set in red paper-covered slipcase with printed paper spine label. Limited edition. Copy no. 873 (of 2000). Small folios. Each volume with color illustrations. All three are fine in very good glassine jackets with a few small tears. The box is near fine with a few smudges. Edited by Jean Hersholt, this set is Signed by Hersholt and Henry C. Pitz. The set consists of the following three separate works: *The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk*. Re-told by Jean Hersholt and illustrated by Malcolm Cameron; *The Story of What Happened to Hansel and Gretel*. As told by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Translated by P.H. Muir. Illustrated and Signed by Henry C. Pitz; *The Whimsical History of Bluebeard* By Charles Perrault. Translated from the French by Arthur Quiller-Couch and illustrated by Hans Bendix. Signed by Hersholt. (Note: there is a tear to the top right corner of the glassine jacket). A handsome set.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Three volume set in red paper-covered slipcase with printed paper spine label. Limited edition. Copy no. 1359 (of 2500). Small folios. Each volume with color illustrations. All three are fine in fine clear acetate jackets. The box is near fine with a few small nicks and tears at the corners. Edited by Jean Hersholt, this set is Signed by Hersholt and two illustrators: Edward Ardizzone and Everett Gee Jackson. The set consists of the following three separate works: *The Tale of Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves*. Translated from the Arabic into French by J.C. Mardrus; and then into modern English by E. Powys Mathers. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Signed by Ardizzone; *The Ugly Duckling* by Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Dutch by Jean Hersholt. Illustrated by Everett Gee Jackson. Signed by Everett Gee Jackson and Inscribed by Jean Hersholt; *The Sleeping Beauty In The Wood* By Charles Perrault. Translated from the French by… Read More

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949-1952. Limited Editions. Hardcover. Quarto, 15 vols.; G+; spines various colors, in full paper bindings; housed in 5 VG- red paper slipcases; 6 vols. ex-library, with usual marks; 9 vols. in publisher's original glassine wrappers; mild shelf wear and soiling; 9 vols. signed flat by Hersholt at colophon; individual vols. signed flat by Eichenberg, Jackson, Ardizzone, Rafaello Busoni, Lawson, or Ervine Metzl at colophon; pages clean; shelved above Limited Editions Club. 1354653. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949-1952. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine slipcases, one with a worn lower corner. Everett Gee Jackson; Fritz Eichenberg; Arthur Szyk; Edward Ardizzone; Fritz Kredel; Robert Lawson. The complete 15 volume set in 5 red paper-covered slicases, small folio (8" x 12"), in various full color linen bindings. Includes "Hansel & Gretel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Ugly Duckling," "Pandora's Box," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Story of Aladdin," "The Three Bears," and seven others. All illustrations are in color with some hand-colored and some ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. Each is copy #216 of 2500 or 2000 numbered copies with many of the copies signed by the illustrators and/or the editor. The editor has SIGNED nine of the volumes. Illustrators who have SIGNED are Fritz Eichenberg, Everett Gee Jackson, Edward Ardizzone, Rafaello Busoni, Robert Lawson, and Ervine Metzl. Arthur Szyk and Fritz Kredel have not signed. Scarce to find a complete… Read More