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Price: US$69.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [1924?] 'Privately printed for subscribers only' / Carbonnek (n.p.), two 6 x 9 1/4 inches tall orange and red stippled hardcover volumes, lacking original card slipcase, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed, pale red endpapers, printed on laid paper, unnumbered set from limited edition of 1,250, printed in Paris, copiously illustrated with the striking engravings (some mildly erotic) of M. Leon Lebegue, xxx, 532 pp. Slight to moderate edgewear to covers, especially spine caps. One-inch edge tear to the bottom edge of oone leaf in Volume 1. Otherwise, a very good to near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP23~ [4.5P] One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories (from the original French 'Cent Nouvelles nouvelles' France, c. 1456-1461) is a collection of stories supposed to be narrated by various persons at the court of Philippe le Bon, and collected together by Antoine de la Sale in the mid 15th century. Charles Carrington was the first to have this translated into English. Leon Lebegue began his career in Paris, circa 1885, with Paul Colin, then inspector of Fine Arts. He began in the 1890s to pursue career as an illustrator for satirical newspapers: Sun Sunday, Laughter, La Plume, Le Gaulois, La Vie en Rose, the Latin Quarter, The Patriot Illustrated, Cycle, Modern Review, Grimace, Our Caricatures, The Illustrated National, Gil Blas Illustrated, The French Mail, and The Taste Parisien.
Seller: Flamingo Books, Menifee, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 Vols. Illus by Clara Tice, 9 x 5.75", green textured cloth, 279pp, 272pp, covers rubbed, extremities badly bumped and fraying, spines dull and dark, pp toned; a rather used (but complete) set. LIMITED TO 1200 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #203), SIGNED BY THE EDITOR, ARTHUR MACHEN ON LIMITATION PAGE, AND BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, CLARA TICE, BELOW HER ILLUSTRATED FRONTSPIECE.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: With an Introduction by Arthur Machen. 2 vols. Illustrated with 16 full-page Etching-Engravings by Clara Tice. 8vo, publisher's green ribbed and blind-embossed cloth; gilt spines. No. 58 of 1250 copies signed by Machen. Tiny ink name and date on front free endpapers of each volume; front hinges just starting (but sound); slightest trace of rubbing to extremites: a very attractive set. The frontispiece in Vol. I is signed by the artist.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Introduction by Arthur Machen. 2 volumes. 16 full page plates by Clara Tice. Tall 8vo, blind-stamped green silk moire cloth, spines decoratively gilt. Carbonnek: Privately Printed, 1924. Limited edition. Limited Edition, one of 1250 numbered copies signed by both Arthur Machen and Clara Tice.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$333.00 + shipping
Description: 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxv, 279; xv, [1 leaf], 272. 16 plates. A near fine set in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (short tear in Vol. I title). Limited to 1250 numbered copies, signed by Machen.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
MACHEN, Arthur.. One Hundred Merrie and Lightsome Stories.. Privately printed, Carbonnek, 1924.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. Illustrated by Clara Tice. 8vo, publisher's patterned cloth; Volume One only in dust jacket. First edition; No. 377 of 1250 copies signed by Machen and Tice. Bookplate in each volume; corners bumped; but a bright , fresh set. The jacket on Vol. I is a little browned at spine and has some small chips. There are three light pencil marks to the back panel of the jacket.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: With an Introduction by Arthur Machen. 2 vols. Illustrated with 16 full-page Etching-Engravings by Clara Tice. 8vo, publisher's embossed and patterned cloth in dust jackets. No. 748 of 1250 copies, signed by Arthur Machen. A near fine set in jackets withe some very minor use at extremities. The frontispiece in Vol. I is signed in blue ink by Clara Tice.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.