Illus Helen Stratton (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Helen Stratton (illustrator). [24]pp, 9 x 11 inches.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Helen Stratton (illustrator). VI; 380pp; G++; Large 8vo; there are so many editions of this book it is difficult to age; this one has illustrated boards - 5 geese flying across the cover; there is an inscription dated 1930. There are 16 colour plates as listed. All are bright and colourful, and attached. There are also a vast amount of b/w illustrations; the book has a dark green illustrated spine and pale green cloth covers, a little grubby and worn at corners with age; gift inscription on fep; light foxing throughout the book; sound copy; g++; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, CIRCA 1957, UNDATED, 1st Edition THUS, 15 Looking Glass Library Titles listed at the end of this book. VG+/VG+ , AS-IS, 263 page, 5 X 7 1/2 inch hardcover book MATCH DJ ILLUSTRATION, . Book has a square spine, a very tight binding, and no , tears or writing aside from an "X" written in ink at the top foredge corner of the first free endpaper. The textblock edges are clean and white. The cover (with same illustration as the dustjacket) has light edgewear, mild corner bumps, no soil or stains. The dustjacket (in new, protective Brodart) DJ has light with a chip at the bottom edge of the back paneledgewear , tiny corner chips and a wrinkle at the bottom foredge corner of the front panel, but no tears, the second part of MacDonald's story about the Princess Irene and Curdie, the miner's son. Curdie hears that Irene is in danger and he sets out to rescue the princess and the King, her father, from the wicked courtiers. Victorian fairy tales,

320 pp. With twelve full-page illustrations in colour and twenty-nine illustrations in black-and-white by Helen Stratton. 8vo, publisher's decorated blue cloth with applied color illustration on front panel. First edition with color plates. Old ink signature on front free endpaper blotted onto the pastedown opposite; light rubbing and use to the cloth; tight and sound.

Sewn Wraps. Condition: Very good to near fine. First Edition. A complete set of the Fairy Tales, issued in 14 fortnightly parts and beautifully illustrated by Helen Stratton (1867-1961) in an art nouveau style, as is the cover design. Wikipedia says of this series that Stratton, "reached the peak of her illustration career with upwards of four hundred drawings for a finely crafted art nouveau quarto edition of The Fairy Tales." Now housed in a specially commissioned Solander box bound in a matching green cloth, with a reproduction of the first issue to sunken panel of upper board of box, and likewise the title, to the spine of box, and an internal silk tie. Each issue in stitched green pictorial stiff paper wraps. Each issue is 4to size and measures 28cm x 21.5cm. The first issue has been professionally repaired to the spine, which has been reinforced with Japanese tissue paper and the gathering resewn. Parts four and 13 have also been resewn. Part two has a split to cover along the spine. There is some foxing, to some pages, mostly parts one, two and three. Thereafter, the foxing diminishes markedly. Intermittent spotting to page edges. Issue 14 has a couple of small nicks to edges of wrappers. Otherwise, the remaining copies are in excellent condition, with signs of light handling and use only.