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  • DELUXE SIGNED LARGE PAPER EDITION IN WONDERFUL FULL MOROCCO
    Indian Fairy Tales. by JACOBS, Joseph
    JACOBS, Joseph
    Indian Fairy Tales.

    London: David Nutt, 1892. Full morocco, 10 inches tall. A wonderful full crushed morocco binding, executed in 1898 by Riviere & Son with superb gilt olive branch tooling to the spine and boards. With gilt dentelles and top edge. Illustrated by John D Batten with a pictorial title page printed in pink, 9 plates, all in 2 states, headpieces, vignettes and initials throughout. Original paper spine bound in. Signed by the author, publisher and illustrator. First edition, Deluxe issue being number 22 of 160 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Joseph Jacobs, the editor of the society journal 'Folklore', was a noted collector and publisher of English folklore. He was responsible for popularising such familiar fairy tales as "Goldilocks and…

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    London: David Nutt, 1892. Full morocco, 10 inches tall. A wonderful full crushed morocco binding, executed in 1898 by Riviere & Son with superb gilt olive branch tooling to the spine and boards. With gilt dentelles and top edge. Illustrated by John D Batten with a pictorial title page printed in pink, 9 plates, all in 2 states, headpieces, vignettes and initials throughout. Original paper spine bound in. Signed by the author, publisher and illustrator. First edition, Deluxe issue being number 22 of 160 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Joseph Jacobs, the editor of the society journal 'Folklore', was a noted collector and publisher of English folklore. He was responsible for popularising such familiar fairy tales as "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Jack the Giant Killer", "The History of Tom Thumb" and 'The Three Little Pigs". He went on the collect fairy tales from the Jewish, Celtic and Indian traditions. This is a unique and superb copy of the fruits of his Indian collection.

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  • DELIGHTFUL SET IN EXTRAORDINARY FULL MOROCCO BINDING
    Fragments of Voyages and Travels. (British India). by HALL, Captain Basil
    HALL, Captain Basil
    Fragments of Voyages and Travels. (British India).

    Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1834. 3 volume set, 6 inches tall. An extraordinary full hard grain morocco with unusual gilt tooling to the smooth back and flamboyant gilt tooling to the boards. All edges gilt. Third Series. Slight foxing to the 3 frontispieces, otherwise clean. Fading to the spines, especially to the first volume. An ink inscription first blank reading: 'H.J. Coleridge from H.G. Hulse Eton. May 1841.' Followed in pencil by: 'Died at Messina June 1. 1851 and a Latin quotation.

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