[Rarebooks] FS: EVERGREEN TALES, complete set in 15 volumes illustrated by Szyk, Lawson, Eichenberg, Kredel, etc.

[Charles Agvent]

 From our recently updated catalog of LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB books and 
ephemera containing 601 items:

HERSHOLT,  Jean  (editor). (Edward  ARDIZZONE;  Fritz  EICHENBERG;
Fritz  KREDEL;  Robert  LAWSON; Arthur SZYK; et. al.).  THE  EVERGREEN
TALES, OR TALES FOR THE AGELESS. New York: Limited Editions Club 1949-
1952.  The  complete  15 volume set in 5 red  paper-covered  slicases,
small  folio  (8"  x  12"),  in various  full  color  linen  bindings.
Includes  "Hansel  &  Gretel,"  "Jack and the  Beanstalk,"  "The  Ugly
Duckling,"  "Pandora's Box," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Beauty  and
the  Beast,"  "The  Story of Aladdin," "The Three  Bears,"  and  seven
others.  All  illustrations  are in color with some  hand-colored  and
some  ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. Each is copy #670 (nine volumes)  or
#524  (six  volumes) of 2500 or 2000 numbered copies with many of  the
copies  signed  by the illustrators and/or the editor. The editor  has
SIGNED  nine of the volumes and INSCRIBED "Jack and the Beanstalk" for
"Donna  and Ricky." Illustrators who have SIGNED are Fritz Eichenberg,
Everett Gee Jackson, Edward Ardizzone, Rafaello Busoni, Robert Lawson,
and  Ervine  Metzl.  Arthur  Szyk and Fritz Kredel  have  not  signed.
Scarce  to  find  a complete set, albeit this set  has  two  different
limitation numbers. Fine in Near Fine slipcases.              $1800.00

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