Gaskin Arthur Illustrator (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Thus. lMassive collection of 159 stories includes old favorites as well as more obscure tales, brought to life with over 60 classic illustrations by six distinguished 19th-century artists: Henry Justice Ford, Hans Richter, Hans Tegner, Arthur Rackham, Alfred W. Bayes, & Arthur Gaskin. With faux burgundy leather over boards lettered in gilt to the spine, this thick (680 page) hardcover is in Fine condition: completely clean & bright, binding tight & square.Pages moderately tanned, heavy around all edges. The unclipped DJ is Near fine, with just a few very tiny chips to top edge of front cover; beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Rackham, Arthur; Gaskin, Arthur; Bayes, Alfred Walter; Ford, Henry Justice; Richter, Hans; Tegner, Hans (illustrator). …

FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE (1896), 12mo, 150 x 120 mm, 6 x 4½ inches, cloth backed colour illustrated green boards, top edges gilt, pages: 60 + (2), song titles printed in red. Colour illustrated frontispiece, title page vignette and 12 very sweet colour plates of babies and young children (printed by Edmund Evans). Corners just very slightly worn, no inscriptions. Near Fine excellent copy. The first issue has gilt top edges and does not mention the US publisher L.C. Page on the cover or title page. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two octavo volumes, First Gaskin edition. Both with decorated green cloth covers, illustrated in black with two girls reading by fruit trees. Gilt title on spine. 1893. Top edge gilt. Two solid, clean, tight copies. Covers and spine a little faded. Some light edge-wear, corners bumped. Patterned endpapers. 398 & 426pp. Beautifully illustrated in the arts and crafts style. Contains many stories including The Snow Queen. Translated by H. Oskar Sommer. With 100 pictures by Arthur J. Gaskin.…

First Thus. One of three hundred copies printed on handmade paper. Original publisher's cloth stamped in gilt to spines and front boards. Measuring 250 x 195mm and illustrated beautifully throughout. Some soiling to spines andand boards; shelfwear and bumping to extremities with some splitting to the cloth at joints. Gift inscriptions from 1893 and 1949 to front pastedown of volume I and ownership signatures to pastedown of volume II. Offsetting and foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves, else fresh. A compilation of some of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, including The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New Suit, Thumbelina, and The Princess and the Pea. A large paper edition with ornate period illustrations throughout.…