[Rarebooks] FS: Illustrated. Poe / Andersen

[Deborah Thornton Pendleton]

For your consideration:

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. LA REINE DES NEIGES ET QUELQUES AUTRES CONTES. 
Paris: L'Edition D. Art, (1911). *Illustrated by Edmond Dulac.* *Limited 
edition* of 500 copies printed on Japan paper. Inked gift inscription on 
front blank dated 1913. Signed binding by Flammarian Vaillant, quarto, 
in 3/4 blue calf with marbled boards and gilt rules. Gilt decoration and 
titles on spine. T.e.g. and marbled endpapers. With 28 full-color plates 
after watercolors by Dulac mounted on stiff paper with ornate green 
frame decoration and captioned tissue guards. Story titles printed in 
dark green with pale green frame and ornate border at head and tail of 
the text block. Includes the stories "The Snow Queen;" "The Little 
Mermaid;" "The Nightingale;" "Princess and the Pea;" "The Wind Tells 
about Valdeman Daae and his Daughters;" "The Emperor's New Clothes;" and 
"Garden of Paradise." A little edge-rubbed and corners bumped, otherwise 
a lovely copy. $1800


POE, Edgar Allan. THE BELLS AND OTHER POEMS. New York and London: Hodder 
and Stoughton, (n.d.). *Illustrations by Edmond Dulac.* 1st trade 
edition. Quarto in original cream buckram with gilt lettering and ornate 
blind decoration of bells. Spine and edges darkened. Decorative 
endpapers with bell pattern. With 28 full-color plates with captioned 
tissue guards (as listed) and ten headpieces printed in black. Old gift 
inscription on half-title. With many of Poe's best poems including 
"Annabel Lee," "The Raven," "The Conquerer Worm," and "Tamerlane." A 
very nice copy. $495

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