Gray Millicent Etheldreda (2 results)

First edition, deluxe issue limited to 100 copies, this an out of series copy bound without the limitation leaf. 4to. Publisher's full vellum over bevelled boards, front board and spine decorated in gilt with art nouveau design by W.G. Easton. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown, gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1917. A near fine copy, clean with bright gilt, a tiny graze to foot of spine, and a few inoffensive marks to the real panel. Twenty tipped in colour plates by M.E. Gray on Japanese vellum sheets with gilt borders, tissue guards with watermark design showing steam train. A large selection of poetry divided into nine categories, ranging from Fairies and Fancies to Romance and Heroism. Authors include Shakespeare, Coleridge, Tennyson and Lewis Carroll. Verses include The Babes in the Wood, Puck's Song and some Christmas Carols, including God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman and The Holly and the Ivy.…

First and limited edition, number 37 of 100 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Millicent Etheldreda Gray (1873-1957) is little known but her charming work here is full of atmosphere; she also illustrated an edition of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Quarto. Decorative title page designed by W. G. Easton, colour frontispiece and 19 colour plates by M. Etheldreda Gray (with captioned tissue guards) tipped-in on Japanese vellum sheets printed with a gold border. Original full vellum over bevelled boards, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A few light blue marks on back cover, covers just slightly dished. An excellent copy.…