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DULAC, Edmund (illus.); QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales.London : [1910]
Signed limited edition, number 800 of 1,000 copies signed by the artist. This collection includes four classic French tales: Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Blue Beard, and Beauty and the Beast. This copy with a four-page leaflet advertising Hodder & Stoughton's similar works laid in. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 123585
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NIELSEN, Kay. Original watercolour: "List, ah list to the zephyr in the grove."1913
An original watercolour, signed and dated "Kay Nielsen 1913" in the lower left corner, for In Powder and Crinoline, a collection of seven fairy tales chosen by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This watercolour illustrates the story "Felicia or The Pot of Pinks" and appears at p. 52: "Nielsen shows in his development a fancy so delicate and an outlook so original... Learn More£50,000.00Stock Code: 111943
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ROBINSON, W. Heath. Bill The Minder.London : 1912
Signed limited edition, number 253 of 380 copies signed by the author and illustrator, who in this work "notably in the line drawings, surpassed himself" (ODNB). Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 118626
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DULAC, Edmund (illus.) Stories from the Arabian Nights.London : 1907
Signed limited edition, number 302 of 350 copies numbered and signed by the artist. It was this book that first announced Dulac's status as a popular artist, confirming him as "a direct challenger in the illustrated gift book market to the work of Arthur Rackham... The exotic stories he illustrated struck a new chord in Dulac. They allowed him to enlarge... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 131648
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol.London : 1915
Signed limited edition, number 448 of 500 copies signed by the artist for sale in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies, with an additional 25 copies reserved for presentation. This was the first of Dickens's works to be illustrated by Rackham. Learn More£5,000.00Stock Code: 125707
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PARRISH, Maxfield (illus.); SAUNDERS, Louise. The Knave of Hearts.New York : 1925
First edition, first printing. This work is generally acknowledged to contain some of Parrish's best illustrations. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 118661
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DULAC, Edmund (illus.); STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Treasure Island.London : 1927
First Dulac trade edition, first impression. Hughey describes Dulac's watercolour illustrations for Treasure Island as his "most careful and superb painting", and Dulac himself considered them his best work. Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 130032
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DULAC, Edmund (illus.); STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Treasure Island.London : 1927
First Dulac edition, signed limited issue, number 49 of 50 copies signed by the illustrator, bound in vellum and printed on handmade paper, and notably rare due to the unusually small limitation. Hughey describes Dulac's watercolour illustration for Treasure Island as his "most careful and superb painting", and Dulac himself considered them his best... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 131651
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NIELSEN, Kay (illus.); ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales.London : [1924]
Signed limited edition, number 78 of 500 copies signed by the illustrator. The present work gathers classic stories by Hans Christian Andersen, including the Snow Queen and the Tinder Box, all of which provide good subject matter for Kay Nielsen, one of the greatest illustrators of his time. Variant cover designs were issued without known priority.... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 125428
