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1983 Leather-Bound Reissue Publisher's Slipcase, All Edges Gilt
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
By Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Fine
Format: Leather, Royal octavo (8vo 6 1⁄4 × 10 in 159 × 254 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983
Language: English
Limited Edition: 219/500 Copies
Illustrated By: Edmund Dulac
Collation: pp. 129
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002280
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales
Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Illustrated by Edmund Dulac
An attractive numbered leather-bound reissue of Edmund Dulac's celebrated The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, reproducing the original Hodder & Stoughton edition of 1910.
This copy is No. 219 of only 500 copies of the leather-bound issue reissued in 1983 and retains its original publisher's slipcase. The copyright page records the limited edition as first published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1981, while the separately printed limitation leaf identifies this leather-bound issue as the 1983 reissue, reproduced from the original 1910 edition.
Bound in publisher's full brown genuine leather, elaborately panelled and decorated in gilt, with four differing putto/cupid devices to the corners and a gilt facsimile of Edmund Dulac's signature to the centre of the upper cover. The spine is decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, with all edges gilt and decorative brown moiré endpapers.
The volume reproduces Dulac's celebrated colour illustrations for this classic collection of fairy tales, combining Quiller-Couch's retellings from the Old French with some of the finest work from the Golden Age of illustrated gift-book publishing.
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
Book: Near Fine
Slipcase: Very Good
Publisher's full brown genuine leather binding remains particularly attractive, with bright gilt decoration and lettering. Covers show only minor surface marking and light rubbing visible under close inspection. Spine gilt remains strong and clear. All edges gilt.
Decorative brown moiré endpapers are clean and well preserved. Internally the volume presents cleanly and freshly, with the illustrated leaves shown free from significant foxing or staining.
The original publisher's slipcase is present, showing rubbing and wear around the opening and extremities, together with some compression and abrasion to the edges consistent with storage and use.
No dust jacket was issued or required for this slipcased leather-bound edition.
Pagination: pp. 129
Illustrations: 30 colour illustrations after Edmund Dulac, all present.
Binding: Publisher's full genuine leather
Edges: All edges gilt
Endpapers: Decorative brown moiré
Publisher's Slipcase: Present
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SYNOPSIS
A collection of classic fairy tales retold from the Old French by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
The volume brings together familiar stories of enchantment, danger, transformation and romance, complemented by Dulac's highly decorative colour illustrations. His distinctive use of colour, costume, architectural detail and dream-like atmosphere made the original 1910 edition one of the notable illustrated gift books of its period.
This numbered leather-bound reissue preserves the visual character of that celebrated edition in a handsome collector's format.
AUTHOR BIO
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863–1944), often publishing under the pseudonym “Q”, was a British writer, critic and anthologist. A prolific novelist and essayist, he is particularly remembered for his influential Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900 and for his contribution to English literary criticism.
His retellings in The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales draw upon traditional French fairy tales, presented in a literary form ideally suited to the lavish illustrated gift-book tradition of the early twentieth century.
ILLUSTRATOR
Edmund Dulac
Edmund Dulac (1882–1953) was a French-born, later naturalised British illustrator and one of the leading artists of the Golden Age of illustrated gift-book publishing.
After establishing himself in London, Dulac developed an important association with the Leicester Galleries and Hodder & Stoughton. His watercolours were exhibited by the gallery while publication rights were acquired by Hodder & Stoughton for a succession of lavishly produced illustrated books.
Among his best-known works are Stories from The Arabian Nights (1907), Shakespeare's The Tempest (1908), The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1909), The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales (1910), Stories from Hans Andersen (1911), The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (1912), and Princess Badoura (1913).
Dulac's richly coloured, atmospheric compositions remain among the most recognisable and collected examples of early twentieth-century book illustration.
1983 Leather-Bound Reissue Publisher's Slipcase, All Edges Gilt
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
By Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Fine
Format: Leather, Royal octavo (8vo 6 1⁄4 × 10 in 159 × 254 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983
Language: English
Limited Edition: 219/500 Copies
Illustrated By: Edmund Dulac
Collation: pp. 129
Dust Jacket: None, as issued, No Jacket
SKU: BTETM0002280
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales
Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Illustrated by Edmund Dulac
An attractive numbered leather-bound reissue of Edmund Dulac's celebrated The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, reproducing the original Hodder & Stoughton edition of 1910.
This copy is No. 219 of only 500 copies of the leather-bound issue reissued in 1983 and retains its original publisher's slipcase. The copyright page records the limited edition as first published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1981, while the separately printed limitation leaf identifies this leather-bound issue as the 1983 reissue, reproduced from the original 1910 edition.
Bound in publisher's full brown genuine leather, elaborately panelled and decorated in gilt, with four differing putto/cupid devices to the corners and a gilt facsimile of Edmund Dulac's signature to the centre of the upper cover. The spine is decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, with all edges gilt and decorative brown moiré endpapers.
The volume reproduces Dulac's celebrated colour illustrations for this classic collection of fairy tales, combining Quiller-Couch's retellings from the Old French with some of the finest work from the Golden Age of illustrated gift-book publishing.
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
Book: Near Fine
Slipcase: Very Good
Publisher's full brown genuine leather binding remains particularly attractive, with bright gilt decoration and lettering. Covers show only minor surface marking and light rubbing visible under close inspection. Spine gilt remains strong and clear. All edges gilt.
Decorative brown moiré endpapers are clean and well preserved. Internally the volume presents cleanly and freshly, with the illustrated leaves shown free from significant foxing or staining.
The original publisher's slipcase is present, showing rubbing and wear around the opening and extremities, together with some compression and abrasion to the edges consistent with storage and use.
No dust jacket was issued or required for this slipcased leather-bound edition.
Pagination: pp. 129
Illustrations: 30 colour illustrations after Edmund Dulac, all present.
Binding: Publisher's full genuine leather
Edges: All edges gilt
Endpapers: Decorative brown moiré
Publisher's Slipcase: Present
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SYNOPSIS
A collection of classic fairy tales retold from the Old French by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
The volume brings together familiar stories of enchantment, danger, transformation and romance, complemented by Dulac's highly decorative colour illustrations. His distinctive use of colour, costume, architectural detail and dream-like atmosphere made the original 1910 edition one of the notable illustrated gift books of its period.
This numbered leather-bound reissue preserves the visual character of that celebrated edition in a handsome collector's format.
AUTHOR BIO
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863–1944), often publishing under the pseudonym “Q”, was a British writer, critic and anthologist. A prolific novelist and essayist, he is particularly remembered for his influential Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900 and for his contribution to English literary criticism.
His retellings in The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales draw upon traditional French fairy tales, presented in a literary form ideally suited to the lavish illustrated gift-book tradition of the early twentieth century.
ILLUSTRATOR
Edmund Dulac
Edmund Dulac (1882–1953) was a French-born, later naturalised British illustrator and one of the leading artists of the Golden Age of illustrated gift-book publishing.
After establishing himself in London, Dulac developed an important association with the Leicester Galleries and Hodder & Stoughton. His watercolours were exhibited by the gallery while publication rights were acquired by Hodder & Stoughton for a succession of lavishly produced illustrated books.
Among his best-known works are Stories from The Arabian Nights (1907), Shakespeare's The Tempest (1908), The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1909), The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales (1910), Stories from Hans Andersen (1911), The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (1912), and Princess Badoura (1913).
Dulac's richly coloured, atmospheric compositions remain among the most recognisable and collected examples of early twentieth-century book illustration.
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