Description: "The Romance of Tristram of Lyones and La Beale Isoude, Drawn Out of the Celtic French and Illuminated by Evelyn Paul. New York: Brantano's, Printed by Camperfield Presse, Saint Albans, England, 1920. DESCRIPTION: Limited Edition, 4to (20cm x 25cm), Publisher's Original Decorative Pictorial Brown Cloth w Flat-Brown Title, Decorative End-Papers, 160pp. w Hand-Illuminated Half-Title/Frontispiece/Title and Introduction Plates, 12 Full-Page Color Illustrations, Numerous In-Text Illustrations, Decorative Borders/Flourishes Throughout. Records describe the text as "Hand-Illuminated Lithographs," though as near as we can tell, this amounts to occasional gilt flourishes to the Half-Title/Frontispiece/Title and Introduction Plates. Contains the bookplate of famous Buffalo, NY sportswriter William Horace Lerch. Condition: In Very Good++ condition, with a strong spine showing no cracking or splitting, strong hinges showing no separation or starting, no loose or missing pages, foxing or mold. Outer covers show general rubbing and edge-wear; light bumping to the corners with very slight exposure on the top right corner of the front board; light rubbing/reading-wear to the outer cloth, with darker discoloration to the spine (see Image 14); light wear to the cloth at the foot and crown of spine, but no loss or tearing; former owner's book-plate on the front pastedown (see Image 2).
Price: 149.95 USD
Location: Buffalo, New York
End Time: 2024-09-27T00:26:25.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.13 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Saint Albans
Publisher: Brentano's
Modified Item: No
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1920
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Evelyn Paul
Special Attributes: Collector's Edition, Illuminated, Illustrated
Author: Evelyn Paul
Region: Europe
Topic: Poetry
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
