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The Fables Of Aesop -
Aesop, Edward J. Detmold (illustrator)
1909 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - Number 50 of a limited edition of only 750 copies signed by the artist.
A fine and luxuriously presented collection of Greek storyteller, Aesop’s, wonderful fables, which have descended from ancient times. Tradition has it that Aesop was a freed Phrygian slave living in the 6th century BC, making this the world's oldest collection of stories.
Number 50 of a limited edition signed and illustrated with twenty-five mounted colour plates by Edward J. Detmold which are considered to be his finest work, each accompanying a separate fable.
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Price HK$ 15,000
1909 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - Number 50 of a limited edition of only 750 copies signed by the artist.
A fine and luxuriously presented collection of Greek storyteller, Aesop’s, wonderful fables, which have descended from ancient times. Tradition has it that Aesop was a freed Phrygian slave living in the 6th century BC, making this the world's oldest collection of stories.Number 50 of a limited edition signed and illustrated with twenty-five mounted colour plates by Edward J. Detmold which are considered to be his finest work, each accompanying a separate fable.
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The Complete Works -
Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
1939 - The Nonesuch Press, London - First Nonesuch Edition
A finely bound volume of Lewis Carroll’s works.
Includes: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass; Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; The Hunting of The Snark; Puzzles From Wonderland; Phantasmagoria; Acrostics, Verse, Stories and A Miscellany.
The two Alice titles are illustrated with John Tenniel’s original drawings, and the book begins with an introduction by Alexander Woollcott.
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Price HK$ 6,000
1939 - The Nonesuch Press, London - First Nonesuch Edition
A finely bound volume of Lewis Carroll’s works.Includes: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass; Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; The Hunting of The Snark; Puzzles From Wonderland; Phantasmagoria; Acrostics, Verse, Stories and A Miscellany.
The two Alice titles are illustrated with John Tenniel’s original drawings, and the book begins with an introduction by Alexander Woollcott.
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Cinderella - together with - The Sleeping Beauty -
C. S. Evans, Arthur Rackham (illustrator)
1919 - William Heinemann, London - First Rackham Illustrated Editions
Once upon a time...
A uniform large pair of Arthur Rackham’s only magical silhouette illustrated titles. In superior condition, with the original decorated paper boards and dust jackets.
The decorations and silhouette illustrations are in both black and white and in colour, adding a simple yet mystical air to these two classical fairy tales.
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Price HK$ 12,000
1919 - William Heinemann, London - First Rackham Illustrated Editions
Once upon a time... A uniform large pair of Arthur Rackham’s only magical silhouette illustrated titles. In superior condition, with the original decorated paper boards and dust jackets.
The decorations and silhouette illustrations are in both black and white and in colour, adding a simple yet mystical air to these two classical fairy tales.
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Old Tales From the North -
Kay Nielsen, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe
1914 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - First Edition
A beautiful example of one of the twentieth centuries finest illustrated books by the Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen.
‘For I have a step-mother who has bewitched me, so that I am a White Bear by day, and a Man by night’
‘She lives in a Castle which stands East of the Sun and West of the Moon, and there, too, is a Princess, with a nose three ells long.’
A marvellous collection of fifteen Norwegian folk tales ‘Norske Folkeeventyr’ gathered by legendary Norwegian folklorists Peter Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe on their journeys across Norway in the mid-nineteenth century, and translated into English, perfectly enhanced by Nielsen’s spectacular artwork, which is presented on twenty-five tipped in colour plates, twenty-two black and white illustrations, numerous decorations, borders, and gilt and black illustrated endpapers.
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1914 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - First Edition
A beautiful example of one of the twentieth centuries finest illustrated books by the Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen.‘For I have a step-mother who has bewitched me, so that I am a White Bear by day, and a Man by night’
‘She lives in a Castle which stands East of the Sun and West of the Moon, and there, too, is a Princess, with a nose three ells long.’
A marvellous collection of fifteen Norwegian folk tales ‘Norske Folkeeventyr’ gathered by legendary Norwegian folklorists Peter Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe on their journeys across Norway in the mid-nineteenth century, and translated into English, perfectly enhanced by Nielsen’s spectacular artwork, which is presented on twenty-five tipped in colour plates, twenty-two black and white illustrations, numerous decorations, borders, and gilt and black illustrated endpapers.
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English Fairy Tales -
Flora Annie Steel, Arthur Rackham (illustrator)
1918 - Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London - Deluxe Signed Limited and First Rackham Illustrated Edition
Fine deluxe signed edition, numbered 291 of 500 copies, in publisher’s stunning deluxe vellum and gilt binding.
Magically illustrated by Arthur Rackham with sixteen tipped on colour plates, and forty-two black and white illustrations and decorations throughout.
With forty one fairy tales including – ‘St. George of Merrie England’, ‘The Story of the Three Bears’, ‘Jack the Giant-Killer’, ‘The Golden Ball’, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘Mr. Fox’, ‘The Old Woman and her Pig’, ‘Little Red Riding-Hood’, ‘The Babes in the Wood’, ‘The Ass, the Table, and the Stick’, and ‘The Rose Tree’.
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Price HK$ 28,000
1918 - Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London - Deluxe Signed Limited and First Rackham Illustrated Edition
Fine deluxe signed edition, numbered 291 of 500 copies, in publisher’s stunning deluxe vellum and gilt binding.Magically illustrated by Arthur Rackham with sixteen tipped on colour plates, and forty-two black and white illustrations and decorations throughout.
With forty one fairy tales including – ‘St. George of Merrie England’, ‘The Story of the Three Bears’, ‘Jack the Giant-Killer’, ‘The Golden Ball’, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘Mr. Fox’, ‘The Old Woman and her Pig’, ‘Little Red Riding-Hood’, ‘The Babes in the Wood’, ‘The Ass, the Table, and the Stick’, and ‘The Rose Tree’.
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Gulliver’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World -
Jonathan Swift, Arthur Rackham (illustrator)
1909 - J. M. Dent & Co., London - Number 700 of 750 signed copies on large paper
One of the world’s greatest stories by one of its greatest satirists.
A large, superior and beautifully produced example of the deluxe large paper limited edition, signed and magically illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including thirteen tipped-in colour plates (one more than the standard edition), two full page black and white line drawings, four chapter headings and twenty seven tailpieces.
‘Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.’
An iconic and surrealist narrative, and a savage parody on man and his institutions. On publication it was described in a letter from English poet John Gay to Swift as being ‘universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery’.
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Price HK$ 18,000
1909 - J. M. Dent & Co., London - Number 700 of 750 signed copies on large paper
One of the world’s greatest stories by one of its greatest satirists.A large, superior and beautifully produced example of the deluxe large paper limited edition, signed and magically illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including thirteen tipped-in colour plates (one more than the standard edition), two full page black and white line drawings, four chapter headings and twenty seven tailpieces.
‘Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.’
An iconic and surrealist narrative, and a savage parody on man and his institutions. On publication it was described in a letter from English poet John Gay to Swift as being ‘universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery’.
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Price HK$ 18,000
A House of Pomegranates -
Oscar Wilde, Charles Ricketts & C. H. Shannon (illustrators)
1891 - James R. Osgood, London - First Edition, Limited to 1, 000 copies
A suitably bound first edition of Oscar Wilde’s second collection of fabulous fairy tales: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and His Soul, and The Star-Child.
Sumptuously art-nouveau, with designs and illustrations by Charles Ricketts and his lifetime partner Charles Shannon. The four tinted plates by Shannon, which were printed separately in Paris, faded due to the application of soft flannel to each copy by the printer {see below for more on this].
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Price HK$ 8,000
1891 - James R. Osgood, London - First Edition, Limited to 1, 000 copies
A suitably bound first edition of Oscar Wilde’s second collection of fabulous fairy tales: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and His Soul, and The Star-Child.Sumptuously art-nouveau, with designs and illustrations by Charles Ricketts and his lifetime partner Charles Shannon. The four tinted plates by Shannon, which were printed separately in Paris, faded due to the application of soft flannel to each copy by the printer {see below for more on this].
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Price HK$ 8,000