Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Surfaces, corners and edges of boards rubbed and worn with some light spotting to the cloth - front endpaper removed and front hinge is beginning to split,but is still holding - some red splotches to upper edge of front paste-down and title page - name inscription to title page - all 17 plates present, but it does appear a blank page(?) page has been removed before the contents page.
Seller: Zebra Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
France. Anatole. Bee. J M Dent, 1912.
Price: US$89.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: All illustrations and tissue guards present. Gilt decorations to cream cloth of covers. Light browning to endpapers. Top edges gilt. Some spots to fore-edges. Digital images available
Seller: Ystwyth Books, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
France, Anatole. Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs. J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1912.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Nobel Prize-winning writer's first long fantasy. "The eponymous princess is abducted by dwarfs while her beloved fosterbrother is imprisoned by nixies (water spirits); the king of the dwarfs becomes enamoured of her, but gradually discovers an altruistic determination to reunite the lovers"-Clute and Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. Illustrated by Charles Robinson with tipped-in plates, 17 inserted and two small chapter headings. First edition of this illustrated version. A near fine copy in gray cloth-covered boards, decorated in gilt (there seem to be a number of different colors of cloth bindings used on this edition).
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Hardcover. Gray cloth with gold stamping on front cover and spine. Boards faded and worn, with much of the gilt having lost its sheen. Some of the lettering at the head of the spine has been worn away completely. Corners bumped and worn, with cloth fraying at either end of the spine. Title page dated 1912. E. P. Dutton & Co. in New York is also listed as a publisher, beneath Dent & Sons. 127 pages. Front and rear gutters cracked. All illustrations present, one missing a tissue guard. Binding of text secure. Please ask for photos -- wed love to send you some.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$210.00 + shipping
Description: Small quarto in burgundy hardcovers with gold gilt; VG; moderate soiling and shelf wear; gilted upper external edge; illustrated end pages discolored; open gutters at center but binding strong; illustrations covered with legend on rice paper; fairly large print; (5th photo here is of the ToC and Illustration Index). pp. 127; DC Consignment NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1262203. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Dark purple cloth with gold lettering on the cover and spine. Overall binding is in quite good condition, but there is some evidence of wear at the hinges; corners are bumped; and there is a bit of normal fraying at the crown of the spine. Text block tight and clean. Decorative endpapers. Bookplate on the inside front cover, "Ex Libris BOSWORTH." 127 pages plus 17 color plates, tipped in and with tissue guards. Some fading to endpapers, all else clean and bright. Please write with questions or to request photos. Also note: if there is a photo accompanying this description, it's a stock photo added by ABE, not an actual photo of the book I am offering for sale.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.