1911 Rare First Edition - STORIES From HANS ANDERSEN with illustrations by EDMUND DULAC.
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Author: Andersen, Hans Christian. Edmund Dulac (illustrator).
Title: Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton, Limited, 1911. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 11 " X 9 ".
Pages: viii-250 pages.
Binding: Attractive and fine half dark green morocco binding finely bound by Atkinson with gilt titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, matching marbled paper sides (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, original cloth cover used as front endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 28 wonderful full-page tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
Estimate: (USD 1000 - USD 1350)
The book: Beautiful First edition of those STORIES From HANS ANDERSEN with illustrations by EDMUND DULAC.
The illustrator: Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac; October 22, 1882 – May 25, 1953) was a French-born, British naturalized magazine illustrator, book illustrator, and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of art at the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Brontë Sisters. During World War I, Dulac produced relief books, and when after the war the deluxe children's book market shrank he turned to magazine illustrations among other ventures. He designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps, most notably those that heralded the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.