The Prince and the Pauper [SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR]

Westerham, England: Limited Editions Club, 1964. First edition thus. Hardcover. near fine. Large octavo (10-1/2" x 7-1/2"). 221, (3)pp. Royal blue velvet spine with gold paper label, over gray buckram. Housed in publisher's slightly age toned off-white cardboard slipcase with blue spine label. Illustrated with 12 unnumbered color plates, numerous red text drawings, and a tipped-in antiqued facsimile letter announcing the birth of the Prince of Wales (afterward Edward VI). Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by the illustrator Clarke Hutton. (Inventory #: 50615)