Sale 741 | Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana

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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. GOODEN, Stephen (1892-1955), illustrator. -AESOP (c.620-560 B.C.). Fables. London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1936. L’Estrange, Roger, Sir, translator.

[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. BEARDSLEY, Aubrey Vincent (1872-1898), Illustrator. -- JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Volpone, or the Fox. New York: John Lane, 1898.

4to (250 x 180 mm). Engraved title, 11 plates by Stephen Gooden (slight offsetting from plates, as usual). Original vellum gilt, top edge gilt others uncut (boards slightly bowed).

4to. 13 illustrations by Beardsley, extra suite of 6 plates. (Slight toning, minor staining along upper margin.) Publisher’s vellum, elaborately gilt upper cover, top edge gilt (covers bowed, some soiling, small portion of upper joint starting).

LIMITED EDITION, number 417 of 525 copies SIGNED BY GOODEN. Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

LIMITED EDITION, number 38 of 100 copies on Imperial Japanese vellum with an extra suite of 6 plates with larger versions of the illustrations at the beginning of each act.

$600-800

$800-1,200

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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953), illustrator. -SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Tempest. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1908].

[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953), illustrator. -QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur, Sir (1863-1944). The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1910].

4to (280 x 225 mm). 40 color-printed plates by Dulac tipped to mounts, printed tissue guards. (Slight spotting and toning to a few text leaves.) Original publisher’s vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, green silk ties (covers slightly bowed).

8vo. 30 color plates by Dulac tipped to mounts. (Some spotting throughout.) 20th-century blue morocco gilt (spine very slightly sunned), upper cover set with central color illustration after Dulac, top edge gilt, by A. D. Constance with her ticket. Provenance: 1930 gift inscription.

LIMITED EDITION, number 96 of 500 copies SIGNED BY DULAC.

$400-500

$400-600

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