Lot 10
 

10

Jacobs (Joseph). English Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John D. Batten, London: David Nutt, 1890. Large 8vo, bound in 1898 by Riviere & Son in light brown crushed morocco, spine and covers gilt overall with olive-branch devices, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, additional pictorial title-page, half-title, 8 wood-engraved plates (including a duplicate of the frontispiece), advertisement leaf, pictorial colophon leaf, wood-engraved headpieces and vignettes throughout, paper covering from original boards and spine bound in at rear, very small abrasion to foot of rear joint (qty: 1)

First edition, deluxe issue, number 33 of 80 copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author, illustrator and publisher on the limitation page, this copy with a laid-in autograph letter signed from the illustrator.

Sold for £950
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Very good condition. No cracks to the hinges or notable wear to the join. Some light fading. One small tear to the back near bottom of the spine.

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Auction: Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title, 14th Jan, 2022

Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title

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