Nielsen, Kay (illustrator)
In Powder and Crinoline
£1,260
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Old Fairy Tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 500 copies signed by the artist, 4to, original green pictorial vellum gilt, 26 colour plates (frontispiece mounted, remaining plates tipped in, all as issued), captioned tissue-guards, bookplate (Leonard James Shrubsall), extremities of binding rubbed, covers slightly sprung, ties perished, endpapers spotted, text-leaves toned
Footnote
Provenance: Property of an English collector.