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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
AND OTHER FAIRY TALES FROM THE OLD FRENCH
RETOLD BY
SIR ARTHUR QUILLER COUCH
ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND DULAC
PUBLISHED BY
HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON {1910}
SIGNED DELUXE EDITION
HARDBACK VOLUME BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL FULL DECORATED LEATHER BINDING BUT WITH A LATER LEATHER SPINE ADDED, COMPLETE WITH ALL 30 TISSUE GUARDED MOUNTED PLATES BY DULAC, LIMITED TO 1000 SIGNED COPIES BY DULAC WITH THIS BEING NUMBER 897
MEASURES APPROX 13 x 10 INCHES
SOME RUBBING & A FEW SMALL CHIPS AT EDGES OF BOARDS, FRONT BOARD VERY SLIGHTLY BOWED, CORNERS BUMPED WITH SOME LOSS, FEW MINOR MARKS TO BOARDS, ENDPAPERS WITH MODERATE BROWNING, VERY OCCASIONAL FINGER MARK OR BLEMISH TO PAGES, TWO PLATES WITH SOME CREASES [SEE LAST IMAGE FOR EXAMPLE ] ONE FURTHER PLATE WITH A VERY MINOR CREASE TO ONE CORNER, ONE TISSUE GUARD CREASED, FEW MINOR BUBBLES TO INNER FRONT BOARD, SLIGHT PLAY TO FRONT HINGE
OVERALL SOME FAULTS AS USUAL WITH THIS BOOK BUT STILL A VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED & GILT TO BOARDS BRIGHT,
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