Evergreen tales; or tales for the ages. (Group II)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. First thus edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Very good+ condition. Item #1804baU
Literature; fairy tales; fine printing; 3 volumes hardcover; 30.8cm; #1053 of 2500; glassene dustwrappers torn; red paper covered slipcase slightly rubbed and stained on paper label; 1). Beaumont, Mme. Le Prince de. Beauty and the Beast, translated from French by P. H. Muir, tipped in colored illustrations by Edy Legrand, 45 pages, turquoise cloth; 2). Dick Whittington & His Cat, retold and illustrated by Robert Lawson, 37 pages, pictorial orange cloth, illustrated including title page, signed by editor Hersholt and illustrator; 3). Saint George and the Dragon, retold by William H. G. Kingston, illustrated by Edward Shenton, [76]p., pictorial gray cloth, illustrated including title page and endpapers.
Price: $145.00