DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953; illustrator). Stories from the Arabian Nights Retold by Laurence Housman. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. 4° (270 x 224mm). 50 mounted coloured plates by Edmund Dulac. (A few leaves detached, occasional light spotting.) Original pictorial vellum gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (a few stains, tail of spine chipped, lacking ties). Provenance: inscription dated 1919.
Lot 80

DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953; illustrator). Stories from the Arabian Nights Retold by Laurence Housman. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. 4° (270 x 224mm). 50 mounted coloured plates by Edmund Dulac. (A few leaves detached, occasional light spotting.) Original pictorial vellum gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (a few stains, tail of spine chipped, lacking ties). Provenance: inscription dated 1919.

Closed21 March 2012

Price Realised

GBP 500

More Information

How to sell

DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953; illustrator). Stories from the Arabian Nights Retold by Laurence Housman. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. 4° (270 x 224mm). 50 mounted coloured plates by Edmund Dulac. (A few leaves detached, occasional light spotting.) Original pictorial vellum gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (a few stains, tail of spine chipped, lacking ties). Provenance: inscription dated 1919.

LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST of Dulac's first major book commission. This copy is unnumbered.