Princess Badoura A Tale from the Arabian Nights
by Laurence Housman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 9.5". Edmund Dulac. A wonderfully-illustrated tale from the Arabian Nights, retold by the notable English playwright, writer and illustrator Laurence Housman. Illustrated throughout with ten beautiful tipped-in coloured plates by Edmund Dulac. Dulac was a French-born, British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of art the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Housman also wrote children's fairy tales such as 'A Farm in Fairyland' (1894) and fantasy stories with Christian undertones for adults, such as 'All-Fellows' (1896), 'The Cloak of Friendship' (1905), and 'Gods and Their Makers' (1897). In a decorative cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally, smart, with slight bumping and marks. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages are bright, though with some scattered spotting. Bookplate of Charles Ballantyne to front pastedown. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN9-C-3
- Title
- Princess Badoura A Tale from the Arabian Nights
- Author
- Laurence Housman
- Illustrator
- Edmund Dulac
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 11.5" by 9.5"
- Keywords
- Dulac Housman Illustrated Colour Housman Love Adventure
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...