[Children's & Illustrated] [Dulac, Edmund] Group of 9 Titles

Including:

Couch, Arthur Quiller (editor)
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales...
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1913). First trade edition. 4to. (xviii), 129, (3) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 29 color plates, all mounted and with tissue guards, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, decorated in gilt; all edges trimmed; front hinge split, rear starting; scattered light foxing; split in gutter between pp. 32/33, 56/57, and 72/73. Hughey 23

Housman, Laurence (editor)
Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights
(London): Hodder and Stoughton, (1913). Limited edition, #234/750 numbered copies, signed by Dulac. 4to. (viii), 113, (3) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 9 color plates, all mounted and all with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's decorative white cloth, stamped in gilt and in light green, lightly soiled, spine darkened; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; text toned; first gathering loose; discreet previous owner's inscription on front paste-down. Hughey 31

The Bookman Portfolio 1914...
(London): Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Presumed first and only edition. Folio. 13 x 8 1/2 in. (330 x 216 mm). Portfolio containing three mounted color plates, one each by Dulac, Kay Nielsen, and Hugh Thomson. Dulac's illustration comes from his Sinbad the Sailor. Printed stiff paper portfolio and plates creased, lightly foxed, and with scattered soiling. Uncommon.

Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross
London, etc.: Hodder and Stoughton for The Daily Telegraph, (1915). First edition. 4to. (viii), (136) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece, 18 color illustrations, and a black and white photographic portrait of Dulac, all mounted. Tan cloth, stamped in green, boards variously soiled and worn; all edges trimmed; scattered foxing; contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. Hughey 39

A Fairy Garland...
London, etc.: Cassell & Company, Limited/New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1928). First and limited edition, #121/1,000 numbered copies, signed by Dulac. 4to. 251, (1) pp. Illustrated with 12 color plates, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's quarter vellum over blue boards, rear hinge split but sound; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; foxing to prelims in front. Hughey 74

Williamson, Hugh Ross
Gods and Mortals in Love
London: Country Life Limited, (1935). First edition. 4to. (vi), (83) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece, 8 color illustrations, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Light gray patterned cloth, stamped in blue; top edge stained blue, other edges trimmed; in worn dust-jacket with spine largely wanting; Hughey 84

Pushkin, Alexander
The Golden Cockerel
New York: The Limited Editions Club, (1949). First and limited edition, #65/1,500 numbered copies, signed by Dulac. 4to. (viii), (42), (8) pp. Numerous lllustrations and adornments, all in color. Publisher's red cloth, with large brass cockerel mounted to front board; all edges trimmed; in publisher's paper-covered slip case; Hughey 98

Pater, Walter (editor)
The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1951. First and limited edition, #1,017/1,500 numbered copies, signed by Dulac. 8vo. (vi), 64, (3) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 5 color plates. Publisher's full vellum, decorated in gilt; all edges trimmed; in original paper-covered slip case. Hughey 99

Milton, John
The Masque of Comus
Cambridge, (England): The Limited Editions Club, 1954. First and limited edition, #474/1,500 copies, unsigned as issued. 4to. (ii), (58), (18) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 5 color plates. Publisher's quarter vellum over marbled paper-covered boards; top edge gilt, all edges trimmed; book-plate mounted on front paste-down now loose and laid in; slip case wanting; sheet signed by Mark Van Doren, author of the introduction, laid in. Hughey 103

Provenance

From the Children’s and Illustrated Books Library of Nicholas Wedge, Ossining, New York