The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1922. Very Good. Item #25185
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1922. First Edition. Small quarto (10.5" x 8"); [viii], 9-157, [158-160]pp. Twenty-four illustrations (12 color plates and 12 black and white), plus vignettes, all present. Publisher's white cloth with black lettering and blue illustration. Gilt top edge. Missing dust jacket. Housed in custom black cloth-covered slipcase.
Boards rubbed along edges and corners, with a few faint runs to cloth and some general smudging and soiling. Spine a bit darkened and smudged with bumping and a couple shallow splits at spine ends. Endpapers quite foxed, with light foxing to half title then becoming sparse to non-existent throughout. Occasional light offsetting opposite a few b&w illustrations. Hint of a crack staring at back hinge between pp. [158]-[159], but binding is secure. Pages unmarked.
[Steenson A4.a].
Price: $500.00