Fairy Garland: Being Tales from the Old French.
by PERRAULT, Charles
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1928. DULAC, Edmund. . [PERRAULT, Charles, author]. A Fairy Garland. Being Tales from the Old French. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, [1928].
First Edition. Limited to 1,000 copies signed by Dulac, this being number 572. Large quarto (8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 225 x 282 mm). 251 pp. With twelve color plates.
Quarter vellum over blue cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine tips very lightly bumped. A near fine, signed edition.
Hughey.
HBS 64547.
$1,100.
First Edition. Limited to 1,000 copies signed by Dulac, this being number 572. Large quarto (8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 225 x 282 mm). 251 pp. With twelve color plates.
Quarter vellum over blue cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine tips very lightly bumped. A near fine, signed edition.
Hughey.
HBS 64547.
$1,100.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64547
- Title
- Fairy Garland
- Author
- PERRAULT, Charles
- Illustrator
- DULAC, Edmund
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books|Children|Fairy Tales|Signed Limited Edition|Signed
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About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Quarto
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- Vellum
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- Spine
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