1932 First Edition Illustrated by A.E. Bentall - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.
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Author: Alexandre Dumas. Alfred Edmeades Bestall, illustrator.
Title: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. Illustrations by A. E. Bestall.
Publisher: London, Edinburgh, New York, Toronto, and Paris, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. no date (circa 1932). First Edition Illustrated by A.E. Bentall.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: vi-602 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good full red morocco leather binding finely bound by Bayntun (Riviere) (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. A beautiful binding!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown).
Illustration: Nicely illustrated with eight full-page illustrations by Alfred Edmeades Bestall.
The book: Rare and beautifully bound by Bayntun-Riviere first illustrated edition by Alfred Edmeades Bestall of The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) -- a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas.
The author: Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (French for 'father'), was a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely-read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later.
The illustrator: Alfred Edmeades "Fred" Bestall, MBE (14 December 1892 – 15 January 1986) wrote and illustrated Rupert Bear for the London Daily Express, from 1935 to 1965. By 1920, Graham Hopkins of the Byron Agency got Bestall a job illustrating Enid Blyton's children's books. He livened up the pages of some of her earliest books: 'A Book of Little Plays' (1927) and 'The Play's the Thing' (1927). Later he also illustrated Blyton's 'Plays for Older Children' (1941) and the novel 'The Boy Next Door' (1944). Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Bestall's drawings could be seen in numerous children's books. Some were reprints of classic stories, such as Alexandre Dumas' 'The Black Tulip' (1920) and 'The Three Musketeers' (1932), others were based on folklore, such as 'The Magic Apple and Other Stories' (George Newnes Limited, 1926) and 'Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes' (1939).