In Powder & Crinoline: Old Fairy Tales

  • Hardcover
  • London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913
By Quiller-Couth, Arthur; Kay Nielsen, illus
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. (2, limitation leaf), xii, (13)-163, (1) pp. Green vellum blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. 26 mounted color plates on gray paper with tissue guards, plus black and white illustrations and decorations. Vellum rubbed at edges and hinges, with a bit of scuffing, not affecting the gilt; boards yawning slightly; ribbon ties perished; foxing to the preliminaries, else a very good copy.


One of 500 numbered copies signed by Nielsen. This is number 219.


With a notice of an exhibition of Nielsen's watercolors in 1913 laid-in.


In protective cloth-covered slipcase.

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Details

Title

In Powder & Crinoline: Old Fairy Tales

Author

Quiller-Couth, Arthur; Kay Nielsen, illus

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton: London

Date

1913

Edition

Limited edition


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