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Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First French edition (published in English in 1916). Number 793 of 1000 copies signed by Dulac on the limitation page. Bound in cream cloth with an unidentified monogram on the front board, top edge gilt, original front wrapper and spine bound in at the rear. 11.75" x 9", pp iv, 149, with fifteen mounted color plated with captioned tissue guards, as well as decorative initials, bands, and tailpieces by Dulac. A lovely copy, with some very minor soiling to front board and spine. This selection of tales representing the Allied nations fighting in World War I--including Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Japan, and China--were adapted by Dulac, "clearly with an eye for describing settings and details that he would highlight in his illustrations. The tipped-in color plates.demonstrate through the different styles he employs his keen interest in the folklore and folk art of each country. For example, his illustration to the Chinese tale "The Story of the Bird Feng" takes the form of a Chinese fan. The Japanese tale "Urashima Taro" is represented by a subtle watercolor clearly influenced by Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Perhaps most spectacular of all are the illustrations for the Russian tales "Ivan and the Chestnut Horse" and "The Fire Bird," both of which owe a debt to Leon Bakst's opulent stage designs for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions" (Minneapolis College of Art & Design Special Collections).
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Dulac, Edmond. CONTES ET LEGENDES DES NATIONS ALLIEES. L'edition d'art H. Piazza, 1917.
Price: US$913.68 + shipping
Description: CONTES ET LEGENDES DES NATIONS ALLIEES, L'edition d'art H. Piazza, 1917, first French edition, some rubbing to the fore edge corner tips, else a near fine copy bound in 3/4 burgundy leather and marbled boards with raised spine in 6 compartments and with t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt. Actually the first edition in French of Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations published in the U.K. in 1916. This publication, like its British counterpart, contains 15 full color, full page plates with accompanied tissue guards. Text, illustrations, tailpieces, and decorative bands by Dulac. 1/1000 copies SIGNED by the artist.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Dulac, this being copy 559. Contemporary quarter dark blue morocco over speckled boards, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in second compartment, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers. Original pictorial wrappers designed by Dulac bound-in. Corners very slightly bumped. Large quarto (11 5/8 x 9 inches; 296 x 229 mm.). Collating iv, 149, [3]. Fifteen mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards, and ten decorated initials, ten tailpieces, and decorative bands to text designed by Dulac. An excellent copy. First edition in French of Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations (1916), with the same number of color plates as the first English edition but with the addition of initials, tailpieces, and decorative bands by Dulac exclusive to this issue. "The tales of this book, both written and illustrated by Dulac, were drawn from the folklore of Russia, England, Flanders, Belgium, Italy, France, Ireland, Serbia, and Japan. Dulac was able to employ the full scope of his versatility in creating a national mood in each illustration. During this period of his work, Dulac had immersed himself in the artistic traditions of folklore" (Hughey).
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Dulac, this being copy 574. Publisher's original pictorial wrappers designed by Dulac. Miniscule wear to spine extremes. Fifteen mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards, and ten decorated initials, ten tailpieces, and decorative bands to text designed by Dulac. An exceptionally Fine copy. First edition in French of Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations (1916), with the same number of color plates as the first English edition but with the addition of initials, tailpieces, and decorative bands by Dulac exclusive to this issue. "The tales of this book, both written and illustrated by Dulac, were drawn from the folklore of Russia, England, Flanders, Belgium, Italy, France, Ireland, Serbia, and Japan. Dulac was able to employ the full scope of his versatility in creating a national mood in each illustration. During this period of his work, Dulac had immersed himself in the artistic traditions of folklore" (Hughey).
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: One of 1000 Numbered Copies on Papier Vélin, Signed by the Artist/Author With Designs Not Found in the First English Edition In A Spectacular Pictorial Binding ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. DULAC, Edmund, author and illustrator. Contes et Légendes des Nations Alliées, recueillis et illustrés par Edmond Dulac. Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, (1917). First edition in French, one of 1000 numbered copies, printed on Papier vélin, signed by Dulac, this being copy no. 999. Quarto (11 9/16 x 8 3/4 inches; 293 x 222 mm.). [iv], 149, [3] pp. Fifteen mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards, and ten decorated initials, ten tailpieces, and decorative bands to text designed by Dulac. Bound by [Rivière & Son] ca. 1920 [stamp signed "Bumpus. Ltd. Oxford St. W." on lower front turn-in. Full burgundy crushed levant morocco, covers with triple gilt-ruled borders, spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands, triple gilt-ruled in compartments, and lettered in gilt, double-rule gilt board edges, wide, elaborate decorative gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. With the armorial book-plate of the renowned collector C.F.J. Beausire on the front paste-down. Spine extremities and corners expertly and almost invisibly restored. A magnificent example of Rivière & Son at their very best. Housed in a quarter red morocco clamshell case. Front cover with a decorative blind-stamped border with corner fleurons, surrounding a triple gilt-rule, in turn enclosing a central panel (7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 195 x 117 mm.) This spectacular cover featuring a highly intricate inlaid and onlaid design in multi-color textured morocco's with gilt highlights, based on the color plate opposite p. 56 Grannmia vit son étrange amoureux; elle fut surprise, mais resta cependant calme et courageuse. from the story Le Prince Servant. [When Grannmia saw her strange lover, she alone remained calm and courageous - from the story The Serpent Prince]. First edition in French of Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations (1916), with the same number of color plates as the first English edition but with the addition of initials, tailpieces, and decorative bands by Dulac exclusive to this issue. "Dulac's Fairy Book was the Christmas book for 1916 featured by Hodder and Stoughton in The Bookman. "The tales of this book, both written and illustrated by Dulac, were drawn from the folklore of Russia, England, Flanders, Belgium, Italy, France, Ireland, Serbia, and Japan. Dulac was able to employ the full scope of his versatility in creating a national mood in each illustration. During this period of his work, Dulac had immersed himself in the artistic traditions of folklore. ". His new perceptions resulted in a completely fresh, simpler style for the pictures of this book - a style he continued to develop and make his own for the rest of his career. ". For the French issue of Dulac's Fairy Book, Dulac himself wrote the French text" (Hughey). Hughey, 47L.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.