LOT #92495 |
Sold on Oct 18, 2008 for: Not Sold
Lot of Three Illustrated Books,... (Total: 3 Items)
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Description
Lot of Three Illustrated Books, including: Octave Uzanne. The Sunshade, The Glove, The Muff. London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884. Small quarto. viii, 138 pages. Illustrations by Paul Avril. Full navy leather, lightly rubbed at extremities. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Occasional foxing. Very good. A collection of "feminine toys"(parasols, gloves, and muffs). [and:] Max Beerbohm. The Happy Hypocrite. London: John Lane, 1915. First illustrated edition. Quarto. 70 pages. Illustrations by George Sheringham. Color plates and black and white drawings. Publisher's blue, green, pink and gold pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Extremities lightly worn. One corner bumped. Spine darkened; rear board lightly soiled. Occasional foxing. Plates in beautiful condition. Very good. [and:] Aesop's Fables. [Oxford]: The Limited Editions Club, 1933. Edition limited to 1500 copies, of which this is number 363, signed by designer Bruce Rogers. Quarto. 210 pages. Translation by Samuel Croxall. Bibliographical note by Victor Scholderer. Numerous facsimiles of Florentine woodcuts. Vellum-backed marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt. Fine in darkened slipcase.Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
16th-18th
Thursday-Saturday
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