PART ONE - FAIRY TALES, FABLES AND FOLK TALES
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21. MACKENZIE, Thomas; RANSOME, Arthur ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME Nisbet, [1920]. First edition, edition de luxe. Number 213 of only 250 cop- ies, numbered and signed by the artist. American issue with Brentano on the spine (though printed and bound in the UK with the rest of the limitation). Full white buckram with gilt embossed lettering and illustration. Top edge gilt, others un- trimmed. Twelve colour plates mounted beneath captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy, previous owner’s name to the front blank. [39243] £2,750 This book is a wonderful collaboration of Ransome, telling the story of Aladdin and His Lamp in rhyme, and beautiful decorations by Yorkshire artist, Thomas Mackenzie.
22. NIELSEN, Kay; QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE Fairy Tales retold by Sir Arthur Quill- er-Couch Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 500 copies, printed on large handmade paper and signed by the artist, this copy issued out of series. Original green-stained vellum, elaborately titled and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut, with silk green ties. Housed in a custom made fleece-lined green slipcase with matching silk green pull. Twenty-six colour tipped in plates, mounted on grey art paper with decorated borders, under cap- tioned tissue guards. Text printed in grey with floral headpiec - es on each page. Chapter headers and tailpieces by Nielsen in line. A fine copy of a most beautiful book, the covers bright with only some light rubbing to the corners, in a fine slipcase. A magnificent copy. [43036] £5,000 Nielsen’s first commission, remaining one of the most beautiful books to come out of the “Golden Age” of book illustration. This deluxe edition contains two extra plates not present in the trade edition.
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