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Price: US$24.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Heritage Press, 1951. Copyright 1951, but this edition most likely from the early 1960s. The publisher, Heritage Press, is known for its attractive and affordable reprints of special editions previously produced by the Limited Editions Club and other presses. Well-kept copy in red silk-like cloth lettered in gilt, metallic gold slipcase. The book is in about fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, with firm binding, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The slipcase has some minor wear and rubbin to the extremities, structurally sound. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1951. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo.Illustrated good copy in slipcase.An imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., Heritage Press was founded in 1935. The Press printed more affordable classic volumes that were previously published by Macy's Limited Editions Club and covered a broad range of topics primarily within the Western canon. In addition to Macy, directors of the Heritage Press included Cedric Crowell, General Manager of the Doubleday Bookshops; Frank L. Magel, head of Putnam Bookstores in New York; and A. Koch, head of Brentano Stores in New York. Though many of Macy's other imprints, including The Heritage Club, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, and The Junior Heritage Club, were sold by subscription only, Heritage Press editions were sold through bookstores. Macy combined his publishing enterprises in 1944, though each imprint maintained its specific target audience. The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970. . . . .
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: As Retold by Water Pater and illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Brick colored cloth over boards with bright stamped gilt titling on front and spine and a cornucopia with flowers and butterfly on cover as well. Book is tight, square and spotless, both inside and out. Truly Fine. With original gold covered slipcase - Near Fine - with only minor handling and shelfwear on it. This is the story of Cupid and Psyche, as first told by Lucius Apuleius in "The Golden Ass" and then retold by Walter Pater in his novel "Marius the Epicurean," beautifully illustrated by Dulac with 6 full-page, full-color plates. - 1st thus.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$139.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard Cover with slipcase -- SIGNED by Edmund Dulac -- Limited edition 1244/1500 -- Other than bit of gilt missing from the word "Psyche" on spine, book is clean and tight with only slight wear. Slipcase shows light discoloration at edges. Both book and dust jacket cream colored with gilt lettering -- All six color plates present and bright --
Seller: gigabooks, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. 64 pp. Color illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Vellum binding, gilt lettered, vignette, in slipcase (rubbed), very good copy. (79010). Limited edition: No. 542 of 100 copies, signed by Dulac on limitation notice.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 937 of 1500 numbered copies signed by Edmund Dulac. 210th publication of LEC and the 2nd of the 20th series. The book is about Fine, uniform color, very slightly darker on the spine. Binding is still tight and internally clean. The slipcase with some soiling and a small round mark on front board (possibly from a sticker) , slightly rougher feel along the spine also with slight darkening and soiling. Small bump (bubble) at the top of the spine and the same along the top of the slipcase. Slipcase entirely intact with no damage, tears or splitting, VG+ or better. Classic by Lucius Apuleius and retold by Walter Pater with a prologue by him. Illustrated in water color by Edmund Dulac, illustrations printed in process collotype by Arthur Jaffe. Designed by Warren Chappell and printed by Huxley House, hand-set in Trajanus type on Curtis special paper. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company in full white vellum, gold stamped. 66 pages, 7 ¼ x 10 3/8 inches. ; Watercolor; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 66 pages; Signed by Illustrator
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
PATER, Walter. Marriage of Cupid and Psyche Retold By Walter Pater From "The Golden. , 1951.
Price: US$247.50 + shipping
Description: PATER, Walter. The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche Retold By Walter Pater From "The Golden Ass" Of Lucius Apuleius, Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Original vellum, in publisher's slipcase. New York: For the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1951. Limited to 1500 copies printed by Huxley House and signed by Edmund Dulac. Fine copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Dulac illustrated edition limited #724/1500 signed by Edmund Dulac, super royal 8vo (10.25 x 7.25 inches), pp. (1-6), 7-64, (2), 6 color plates after paintings by Emund Dulac. Original gilt lettered and gilt decorated full vellum with beveled sides in original gilt lettered slip case. Fine clean bright copy in very good+ slipcase. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. (Crease visible in the picture is to the added removable clear plastic protective covering). H10722 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #91 OF 1500 COPIES, SIGNED BY EDMUND DULAC ON THE COLOPHON PAGE; SIX FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES BY DULAC; FULL GILT STAMPED VELLUM. PUBLISHER'S TAN BOARD SLIPCASE (LIGHTLY SOILED); PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT LAID IN LOOSE; FROM THE LIBRARY OF NOTED DIRECTOR FRANK CAPRA LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB VERY GOOD
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Dulac, Edmund. Six color plates. 1 vols. 4to. White, p. 202 Full vellum, gilt-lettered and stamped. White paper-covered slipcase
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
APULEIUS, LUCIUS. Marriage of Cupid and Psyche. , 1951.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: APULEIUS, LUCIUS. The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche. The Story as first set down by Lucius Apuleius in his "Transformations" which is called "The Golden Ass" and then re-told by Walter Pater in the pages of his novel, "Marius the Epicurean". Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. 4to. Orig. full vellum, in publisher's slipcase. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1951. Limited to 1500 copies signed by Dulac. Fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$569.47 + shipping
Description: 4to. pp. title vignette. 6 full-page colour illus. original gilt-stamped vellum (spine slightly discoloured, otherwise fine), in slightly soiled slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies, signed by the Illustrator Dulac. Printed by Huxley House, NY, under the supervision of Warren Chappell, the text hand-set in Chappell's Trajanus type, printed on Curtis special paper, the illustrations reproduced by Arthur Jaffé, NY, in process collotype, bound by Russell-Rutter Company, NY. LEC Quarto-Millenary 210.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada