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The First UK printing published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd, London in 1920. Number '97' of 100 special deluxe copies signed by the artist to the limitation page. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with original white paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the front and a vellum spine with gilt titles. The vellum spine remains very clean and bright. The boards have lightly darkened in places to the edges. Internally clean and free of inscriptions. All ten tipped in colour plates and their printed tissue guards are present as called for and are in fine condition. The very scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. The gilt titling and decoration remains very bright to the front cover. A small closed tear to the upper front edge and a little age related marking but it remains in exceptional condition for its age. The wrapper is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Léonard Rosenthal was a famed Parisian jeweller who personally commissioned Dulac's illustrations; they first appeared in… Read More

New York: Brentano's, 1925. One of 100 Copies Signed by Edmund Dulac In the Original Printed Dust Jacket [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ROSENTHAL, Léonard. The Kingdom of the Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. New York: Brentano's [n.d., 1925]. American deluxe limited edition (first published with Dulac illustrations in French in 1920 with title: Au Royaume de la Perle). One of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist (this copy being No. 48), out of a total edition of 775 copies "for sale in the United States of America"). Large quarto (11 15/16 x 9 5/8 inches; 303 x 243 mm.). [12], 150, [1], [1, printer's imprint] pp. Ten mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards. Original quarter vellum over cream paper boards. Front cover and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Decorative endpapers. A fine copy in the original printed dust jacket. From the renowned collection of Estelle Doheny, with her neat leather book-plate on front paste-down. "Au… Read More

London: Nesbit & Co. Ltd. 1912. First edition. First edition. Signed Limited Edition. Original white paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the front, vellum spine with gilt titles. An excellent near fine copy, the vellum spine very clean and bright, the boards darkened to the edges but the gilt legible and bright. The contents are without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps and clean and bright throughout. All ten tipped in colour plates and their tissue guards are present as called for and in fine condition. A lovely copy. Limited to only 100 copies signed by Edmund Dulac, of which this is number 17. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Number 46 of 100 signed copies for sale in the British Empire. Front cover in gold gilt is embossed desgin, title and illustrator. On spine is title, publisher and emblem and illustrator in gold gilt.. Text of 151 pages is unmarked. Dappled edge heavy paper. Ten Plates by Dulac.Lower front corners front bumped. Two inch, brown line adjacent to spine . White line across top front cover. Two scratches and two spots fronnt cover. Rear cover is scuffed.Signed by Dulac on page stating number of copies produced.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., [1920]. First Edition Illustrated by Dulac, this one of 675 numbered copies printed for sale in the British Empire (there was another issue of 100 copies which were signed by Dulac). 4to. pp. 6 p.l., [151], [1]. with half-title. 10 tipped-in colour plates. original quarter cloth, t.e.g., others uncut. dw. from American edn. (some chipping to edges of dw.). dola2566

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd,, [1920]. Limited English edition, number 248 of 675 copies. Léonard Rosenthal was a famed Parisian jeweller who personally commissioned Dulac's illustrations; they first appeared in the French edition of the same year. As noted by Dulac's bibliographer, "[Dulac's] plates, truly genius, do much to bring a fanciful touch to the otherwise stark exposition of a treatise on pearls". Large quarto. Original quarter cloth and grey boards, lettering and pictorial decoration to spine in gilt, pictorial decoration to front cover in silver with printed label, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece and nine colour plates with printed tissue-guards. Foot of spine bumped, minor tear to lower joint, extremities worn, some foxing, some leaves slightly loose, occasional dampstains; a good copy.

London: Nisbet, 1920. Near fine.. Limited edition of this beautiful Golden-Age book, one of only 675 copies illustrated by Edmund Dulac, including a striking cover design. Quarto. 11'' x 8.75''. Quarter white cloth, grey pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Dulac with 10 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. pages. [12], 151, [1] pages. Slight bumping to corners and spine ends. Silver on pictorial boards beautifully intact.

New York:: Brentano's,, n.d.. No. 644 of 675 copies.. original vellum-backed decorated boards in dust jacket.. Slightest of bumping at head and tail of spine, otherwise a bright, fresh copy in dust jacket with a few neat tissue repairs at folds; a chip, 1-1/2" deep, at the head of the spine, and a tanned and creased backstrip.. Folio,. With tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac.

New York: Brentano's,, [1925]. Limited US edition, number 559 of 675 copies. Léonard Rosenthal was a famed Parisian jeweller who personally commissioned Dulac's illustrations; they first appeared in a French edition in 1920. As noted by Dulac's bibliographer, "[Dulac's] plates, truly genius, do much to bring a fanciful touch to the otherwise stark exposition of a treatise on pearls... There is whimsy, too, in the personalities imparted to the various species of marine life that are worked into the designs. Dulac had always enjoyed ornamenting the total book in which his plates appeared, producing end papers, title page designs, covers, etc. But here he outdid himself." Large quarto. Original quarter cloth and grey boards, spine lettered and with pictorial decoration in gilt, front cover with pictorial decoration and printed label, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece and nine colour plates with printed tissue-guards. Corners and lower extremities worn, occasional light… Read More

London: Nisbet. Limited. hardcover. very good(+). Edmund Dulac. Frontispiece and 9 other superb mounted color plates by Edmund Dulac, lettered tissue guards. [xii], 151 pages of text. 4to, decorative grey boards backed in gilt-stamped white cloth, lightly worn on corners and extremities of spine, uncut edges, t.e.g. Housed in a grey clam shell box with a leather spine label (a couple bumps to top and bottom edge otherwise a fine slipcase). London: Nisbet & Co., ca. 1920. A very good(+) copy.<br/><br/> Limited edition, number 612 of 675 numbered copies.<br/><br/>

London: Nesbit. Limited. hardcover. very good. Edmund Dulac. Frontispiece and 9 other superb mounted color plates by Edmund Dulac, lettered tissue guards. [xii], 151 pages of text (scattered foxing throughout). 4to, white cloth backed decorative grey boards; uncut edges, t.e.g. London: Nisbet & Co., ca 1920.<br/><br/> Corners bumped and edges lightly rubbed; foot of spine frayed. Number 340 of 675 numbered copies.<br/><br/>

London: Nisbet & Co., Ltd., [1920]. Thick 4to. [10], 150, [2] pp. Tipped-in colour frontisp., 9 tipped-in colour plates, all w/ printed tissue guards. Quarter-white cloth over gray illustrated boards, cover art wave & shell illustration, printed title on front cover, gilt lettering & decoration on spine, t.e.g., fore-edges uncut (wear to corners, some rubbing, very minor dustsoiling & wear to spine), still a VG- copy. First edition, No. 9 of 675 unsigned copies, of this exceptional work written by the famed Parisian jeweler on Pearls, replete with Dulac’s inventive Art Nouveau illustrations with hints of erotic Persian miniatures.

New York: Brentano's, 1925. Hardcover. Orig. half white cloth and decorated gray boards. Teg. Very good in nicked dust wrapper. 151 pages. 29 x 24 cm. Ten full-color, tipped-in, full-page illustrations mounted on white art paper, framed with tin and wider grey-green lines, covered with tissue guards printed at top with black letterpress. Limited edition, copy 451 of 625. The London Times Literary critic praised this work, "at his best" and "fantastically Persian," but it was not a commercial success. The American edition also received wide acclaim, "he used the conventional Persian style with perspective, rich in decorative forms and jewel-like colours, bringing out the beauty of minute things by the use of colour and graceful line." [see: HUGHEY 54e]. Lovely, bright and fresh copy, front cover board decorated in silver motifs with paper spine label, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, slight crinkle to spine foot, lower front cover corner.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, [1925]. Limited edition #88/675. Hardcover. Quarto, 150 page. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's quarter white cloth over gray paper boards with gilt titling to spine. Front board stamped in silver with a design of stylized waves and sea shells with white paper label bearing gray titling. Bumping to head and tail of spine and to corners. Bound with grey pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Ten color plates tipped in with printed tissue guards, includes frontispiece, in excellent condition. Mild foxing throughout. "Of this edition 675 copies have been printed for sale in the British Empire, of which this is no. 88." DC Consignment. Shelved in Case 14. 1262171. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Brentano's, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine/fair. American issue, no date but c. 1920, no. 387 of 675 copies, quarto, white cloth-backed pictorial gray boards in pictorial dust jacket, gilt titled on spine, pearl-gray endpapers, 151 pp, 10 mounted plates by Dulac. Book is nearly fine, very bright and crisp, owner's bookplate on both front and rear flyleaves, name sticker on front pastedown, lightest rubbing to corners, spine particularly bright and white, dust jacket fair to good only, with only 25 percent of spine paper left, some light edge chipping to front and rear panels of jacket.

Nisbet,, [1920]. 4to., First Edition thus, with fine tipped-in coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 9 fine tipped-in coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present) and patterned endpapers, some very light and virtually negligible spotting; original dark grey boards, upper board patterned in silver with printed paper label (chipped and worn), ivory cloth back blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, boards lightly chafed at corners else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 675 NUMBERED COPIES FOR SALE IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE (THIS COPY NO. 162). Hughey 54c.

London: Nisbet & Co Ltd, 1920. Limited edition of 675 copies "printed for sale in the British Empire", this being copy number 67. Hardback. [12], 1 - 150, [2]. Ten tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece) each with a titled tissue guard. Quarter fine-grain ivory cloth (presumably designed to look like vellum) over paper covered boards. Sea-shell and waves design to upper board, gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Delightful illustrations by Dulac in his trademark Persian miniature style. Book in very good condition. Minor bumping to corners and some rubbing/wear to edges of boards - mainly to leading edge. Slight creasing to extremities of spine. Tissue guards all in place though slightly discoloured. Very clean internally. No jacket. Altogether a very nice copy.

New York: Brentano. 1st ed. Dulac, Edmund. #128 of 675 copies allocated for sale in America.10 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards by Edmund Dulac. 4to half white cloth and grey paper-covered boards, decorated with a Dulac underwater design of stylized waves and sea shells, silver on a black background. Gilt spine titles and vignette, small onlaid title plate on the cover. Includes just the rear half of the dust wrapper, lavender on cream paper, edgeworn. The bottom tips have about 1/2" worn through to boards, small scuff on the upper left cover, 4 tape residue marks on the free endpapers.Light to moderate foxing inside. Bright covers and spine, near fine. Although the theme of this is pearls, their history, commerce and origin, Dulac has incorporated his love of Asian and Persian mythology in each plate, sporting naked ladies and characters in ornate costumes and settings. This was first published in 1920, when he was migrating from his traditional style to a more stylized Art Deco,… Read More

New York: Brentano's, 1925. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Brentano's, [1925]. First U.S. Trade Edition, printed in a run of 675 copies, of which this is #312. Quarto. 151 pp. 10 color plates by Dulac, mounted on white art paper, framed with gray-green lines, with tissue guards printed at top with black letterpress. Dust jacket of tan paper printed in lavender with geometric seaweed design. Half white cloth with grey papered boards, stamped in silver with design of stylized waves and sea shells, spine stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt; geometric seaweed endpapers. Dust jacket chipped with several short closed tears and rubbed along edges with some unfortunate dampstaining along spine, and a longer 5" tear to front joint starting at bottom edge. Large dampstain to bottom quarter of back board extending up along fore-edge, with some runs and ripples to paper and outward bowing toward fore-edge. Boards otherwise lightly edgeworn with exposure to bottom edge near corners. Binding is sound. Bookseller… Read More

London Uk: Nisbet, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12 1/4" Tall. 151 Pp. First Edition, #152 Of 675 Copies For The Uk, Bound In Quarter Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt, Over Illustrated Boards With Printed Paper Label, Printed On Thick, High Quality Paper. Color Plates Tipped In. All Gilt Still Brilliant. Very Good, Wear To Boards With Fraying At Edges, Some Browning To Spine Cloth. Binding Tight, Decorated Endpapers Immaculate, Very Nice Illustrated Engraved Bookplate Of E. Howard Paget, 1926. Quite Scarce.