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Sindbad the Sailor & other Stories from the Arabian Nights.

First Dulac trade edition,"The exotic stories he illustrated struck a new chord in Dulac. They allowed him to enlarge his skill at caricature, and at the same time to sharpen his miniaturist's...

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Sindbad the Sailor

Quarto. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in teracotta morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, pictorial block to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. With...

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Stories from The Arabian Nights.

Signed limited edition, number 27 of 350 copies numbered and signed by the artist. It was this book that first announced Dulac's status as a popular artist, confirming him as "a direct challenger in...

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Rubáiyát.

Quarto. Contemporary red crushed full morocco by Bayntun, red cloth sides, raised bands to spine forming compartments, second and third gilt-lettered direct, remaining compartments gilt with vine-leaf...

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Stories from the Arabian Nights.

Signed limited edition, number 149 of 350 copies numbered and signed by the artist. It was this book that first announced Dulac's status as a popular artist, confirming him as "a direct challenger in...

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Stories from Hans Andersen.

Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, pictorial title block to front board gilt, single rule to boards gilt, dark green endpapers, inner...

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The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales.

Quarto. Original brown morocco, titles to spine and decorative panelling to spine and boards gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 30 colour plates by Dulac tipped in on card printed with captions and...

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Treasure Island.

Quarto. Original light brown cloth, titles to spine gilt . With 12 colour plates and 21 further black-and-white illustrations by Dulac. A touch of rubbing to ends of spine, corners lightly bumped. An...

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Quarto. Original tan cloth, elaborately blocked in gilt to spine and front cover, patterned endpapers. 20 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Boards lightly soiled, ends of spine and...

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Treasure Island.

Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in tan morocco, dark green morocco label with two raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 colour plates by Edmund...

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Stories from Hans Andersen.

Quarto. Original publisher’s leather, titles gilt to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers. Frontispiece and 28 tipped-in illustrations by Dulac. Board edges slightly rubbed; an...

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The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales.

Quarto. Original brown morocco, titles to spine and decorative panelling to spine and boards gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 30 colour plates by Dulac tipped in on card printed with captions and...

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The Bells and other Poems.

Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and bell design to spine and front cover gilt, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece and 27 plates with printed tissue-guards. Minor rubbing to...

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Quarto, ( 280 x 210 mm). Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial block to the front board taken from...

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Treasure Island.

Octavo. Recent tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, roll to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 colour plates and uncoloured illustrations in the text. A fine...

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Stories from Hans Andersen.

Octavo. Original light brown cloth, titles and decoration to spine and front board, decorative endpapers. With the publisher’s cardboard box. With 28 colour plates by Edmund Dulac. Contemporary gift...

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Stories from The Arabian Nights.

First edition, first impression. "[Dulac's] status as a popular artist was assured when he was commissioned by Hodder and Stoughton to illustrate a new edition of The Arabian Nights (1907)" (ODNB). It...

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The Bells and other Poems.

First trade edition, first impression. Inscribed on the title page by the illustrator, "To Lady Sackville, Edmund Dulac." Vita Sackville-West described her mother's love of Dulac in Pepita, noting that...

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The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French.

Quarto. Original red morocco-grain cloth, titles and cherub decorations in compartments to spine gilt, elaborate foliate decoration to front board in gilt and rear board in blind, cherub cornerpieces....

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The Bells and other Poems.

Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and bell design to spine and front cover gilt, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece and 27 plates with printed tissue-guards. Minor rubbing to...

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