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Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1949
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
3 vols. Folio, publisher's decorated boards in glassine and publisher's slipcase. Volumes fine; one glassine wrappers split at spine and chipped; wear and some splitting to slipcase. Blindstamped on each colophon page: "One of 15 copies for presentation Out of Series." The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1949
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
3 vols. Folio, publisher's decorated boards in glassine and publisher's slipcase. First edition; No. 60 of 2500 copis. Volumes fine; glassine fine. slipcase fine. The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless.
Published by New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1949., 1949
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Condition: Very good. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 8 inches wide. Hardcover, three volumes bound in blue, orange, and gray cloth with decorations and illustrations on the front boards, titled in black on the spines, in the original glassine dust wrappers. The books are housed in a red slipcase with a paper label on its spine. There is faint fading along the edges of the covers. The extremities of the slighlty soiled slipcase are lightly rubbed. The pagination of each volume is as follows: 1) Beauty and the Beast: 45 pages and colophon, illustrated with 9 tipped-in color plates and 3 tipped-in color textual illustrations by Edy Legrand.; 2) Dick Whittington and His Cat: 37 pages and colophon, with bright color illustrations by Robert Lawson; (3) Saint George & the Dragon: 75, [1] pages and colophon, illustrated in color by Edward Shenton. Very good. Limited edition of 2,500 sets, each volume numbered 1820. The individual volumes are as follows: 1) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by Mme. Le Prince de Beaumont. Translated from the French by P.H. Muir and Illustrated by Edy Legrand. This volume is unsigned, as issued. 2) DICK WHITTINGTON & HIS CAT. Retold and Illustrated by Robert Lawson. SIGNED ON THE COLOPHON BY ROBERT LAWSON and Inscribed " for Charlie" and SIGNED BY JEAN HERSHOLT. 3) SAINT GEORGE & THE DRAGON. Retold by William H.G. Kingston and Illustrated by Edward Shenton. This volume is unsigned, as issued.