Lot 11
 

11

Jacobs (Joseph). More English Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John D. Batten, London: David Nutt, 1894. Large 8vo, bound in 1894 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 (printed in blue), half-title, 16 wood-engraved plates (including a duplicate of each plate), pictorial colophon leaf (printed in blue), wood-engraved vignettes throughout, paper spine and front panel from the original boards and dust jacket bound in at rear, bump to head of rear board (qty: 1)

First edition, deluxe issue, number 22 of 160 copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author, illustrator and publisher on the limitation page.

Sold for £900
Estimated at £120 - £250


 

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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