Lot 143
  • 143

Dulac, Edmund--Shakespeare, W.--Andersen, H.C.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Two volumes, comprising:
Shakespeare, W. The Tempest. Hodder & Stoughton, [1908], number 190 of 500 copies, 40 coloured plates and other illustrations by Edmund Dulac, [Hughey 19], slight spotting to binding--Andersen, Hans Christian. Stories from Hans Andersen. Hodder & Stoughton, 1911, number 387 of 750 copies, 28 coloured plates and other illustrations by Edmund Dulac, decorated endpapers, [Hughey 27a], slight spotting to binding, very slightly bumped at foot of spine, lacking silk ties--both 4to, signed by the artist, original pictorial vellum gilt, top edges gilt, slight spotting and browning, lacking silk ties (2)

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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