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The book published in Cambridge: At the University Press for Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1954. Together two items. AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING, SIGNED by Dulac and reprinted as one of the illustrations for the publication of COMUS. With, a copy of the book itself, first edition thus from the L.E.C. in a printing of 1500 numbered copies. The painting is of a woman standing in field of flowers within the curve of a dragon’s tale. Behind her is a large tree laden with fruit and with additional floral and arboreal decorations in the background. The book contains the printed version of this work along with 5 other colourplates from original watercolours by Dulac. This was the last book to be illustrated by Dulac. With frame,16.5” 13.5” , the painting is now handsomely matted and presented in silver-leafed wooden frame. The book is in the publisher’s original parchment backed marbled boards, the spine lettered in gilt and housed in the original black slipcase lettered in… Read More

Limited Editions Club, 1954 This is copy number 484 from the issue of 1500. Dulac was to have signed the issue but he died just before publication. Thus we have here the last book work of this great 20th Century illustrator. Apart from Milton's text, this has the Aires composed by Henry Lawes at the back. This book was produced in Cambridge for the Limited Editions Club of New York. The FEP is slightly wrinkled. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

New York: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. John Milton's "Masque of Comus"— the Last Book Illustrated by Edmund Dulac [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, The]. [DULAC, Edmund, Illustrator] MILTON, John. The Masque of Comus. The Poem by John Milton, with a Preface by Mark Van Doren & The Airs by Henry Lawes, with a Preface by Hubert Foss. Illustrated with Water-Colors by Edmund Dulac. [New York]: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 715). Quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 inches; 263 x 189 mm.). [8], 57, [2], [1, blank], [12, music], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Six color plates, including frontispiece. Original quarter parchment over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. A near fine copy. In the original black cardboard slipcase with spine lettered in gilt. "By November 1951, Dulac no longer had working arrangements with… Read More

New York: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. John Milton's "Masque of Comus"— the Last Book Illustrated by Edmund Dulac [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, The]. [DULAC, Edmund, Illustrator] MILTON, John. The Masque of Comus. The Poem by John Milton, with a Preface by Mark Van Doren & The Airs by Henry Lawes, with a Preface by Hubert Foss. Illustrated with Water-Colors by Edmund Dulac. [New York]: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 269). Quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 inches; 263 x 189 mm.). [8], 57, [2], [1, blank], [12, music], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Six color plates, including frontispiece. Original quarter parchment over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. A near fine copy. In the original black cardboard slipcase with spine lettered in gilt. "By November 1951, Dulac no longer had working arrangements with… Read More

New York: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. John Milton's "Masque of Comus"— the Last Book Illustrated by Edmund Dulac [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, The]. [DULAC, Edmund, Illustrator] MILTON, John. The Masque of Comus. The Poem by John Milton, with a Preface by Mark Van Doren & The Airs by Henry Lawes, with a Preface by Hubert Foss. Illustrated with Water-Colors by Edmund Dulac. [New York]: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, Cambridge, 1954. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 671). Quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/16 inches; 263 x 189 mm.). [8], 57, [2], [1, blank], [12, music], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Six color plates, including frontispiece. Original quarter parchment over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. A fine copy. In the original black cardboard slipcase with spine lettered in gilt. "By November 1951, Dulac no longer had working arrangements with American… Read More

[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, Printed At Cambridge by the University Press, 1954., 1954. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., [58], [16]incl colophon. 6 full-page colour illus. music in text. A fine copy in original quarter vellum over marbled bds., in slightly worn slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. The last of Dulac's works to be issued in his lifetime. Designed by John Dreyfus, printed on Barcham Green hand-made paper and bound by the Cambridge University Press, set in monotype Bembo, illustrations printed in process offset by Sun Engraving Company, London. LEC Quarto-Millenary 250..

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1954. hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Edmund Dulac. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound by hand in authentic vellum and hand-marbled French paper. The definitive text of 1673 with the spelling modernized and with an introduction by Mark Van Doren. Designed by John Dreyfus at the Cambridge Press and illustrated with six lovely watercolors by Edmund Dulac, his last book illustrations. Copy #333 of 1500, issued unsigned.

Cambridge, England: Printed at the University Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1954. No. 1211 of 1500 copies. Illustrated with watercolors by Edmund Dulac. 1 vols. Sm 4to. Original marbled paper over boards, white parchment spine titled in gilt, fine in original slipcase. Dulac, Edmond. No. 1211 of 1500 copies. Illustrated with watercolors by Edmund Dulac. 1 vols. Sm 4to. Edmund Dulac's Last Book. The splendid watercolor illustrations in this book were Dulac's last work.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Fine.. Signed limited edition of Dulac's final book, one of only 1500 numbered copies signed by him. 10.5'' x 7.25''. Original quarter vellum, marbled paper boards. In original glassine and slipcase. 6 full-page color illustrations by Dulac. [8], 60, [12] pages. Chip to head of glassine spine, else pristine.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1954. hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Charming book. Edmund Dulac. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound by hand in authentic vellum and hand-marbled French paper. The definitive text of 1673 with the spelling modernized and with an introduction by Mark Van Doren. Designed by John Dreyfus at the Cambridge Press and illustrated with six lovely watercolors by Edmund Dulac, his last book illustrations. Copy #39 of 1500, issued unsigned. Monthly Letter.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1954. hardcover. Minor bump to base of spine. Light wear to slipcase. Near Fine in a lightly worn, Near Fine slipcase. Edmund Dulac. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound by hand in authentic vellum and hand-marbled French paper. The definitive text of 1673 with the spelling modernized and with an introduction by Mark Van Doren. Designed by John Dreyfus at the Cambridge Press and illustrated with six lovely watercolors by Edmund Dulac, his last book illustrations. Copy #243 of 1500, issued unsigned. Monthly Letter, along with the photoprint of Dulac's obituary laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954 Limited Edition #1104/1500. Vellum backed marbled boards. Fine in a slightly scuffed slipcase with a few small chips. Preface by Mark Van Doren. Milton's dramatic text punctuated by very beautiful watercolors from Dulac. Sadly the book was published after Dulac's passing, hence unsigned. . First Limited Edition. Quarter Vellum. Fine. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. 4to.

London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited / Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. King, Jessie M. A bit smoky, rear board faintly stained, frontispiece repaired at binding, ink gift note on front endpaper. 1906 Hard Cover. 82 pp. Red and green cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt. The full text of Milton's mythological poem, with 8 photogravures and 3 half-tone illustrations by Jessie M. King.

Cambridge, MA: The Limited Editions Club,, 1954. Signed limited edition, number 1441 of 1500 copies. As stated by the colophon, "the illustrations were drawn by Edmund Dulac and represent the final work of his life". Hughey notes "the colours, as always, are superb, and the animal drawings are wonderful". Quarto. Original vellum-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, original publisher's black cardboard slipcase. Frontispiece and 5 colour plates by Dulac. Light toning to spine, extremities of slipcase a little worn; a fine copy in a very good box. Hughey 103; Ralph Geoffrey Newman, Great and Good Books: a Bibliographical Catalogue of the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985, 1989, 250.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Limited. hardcover. fine. Edmund Dulac. Illus. with water-colors by Edmund Dulac. 6 color plates, 72pp. sm. 4to, 1/2 vellum, t.e.g., boxed. Cambridge: Printed for The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954<br/> <br/> One of 1500 copies, containing Dulac's last book illustrations.<br/> <br/>

Cambridge, The University Press for The Limited Editions Club 1954.. 72pp. Small 4to. Original paper backed, marbled boards in own slipcase. Colour frontispiece and plates. A near fine copy.. Limited edition. Last work illustrated by Dulac.

Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club, 1954. Limited edition #1113 of 1500. Black slipcase is scuffed. Boards may have hint of wear. Spine cover has a few tiny spots of wear. Previous owner name on bep. Pages are clean, smooth and bright. Text is free from markings. All pages tight in binding.. Hard Cover. Good +/Good +. Illus. by Dulac, Edmund. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Libris.

Cambridge University Press: The Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter vellum with gilt spine lettering over marbled paper boards. Housed in a black paper slipcase. Top edge gilt, light rubbing to the bottom edges and light corner wear to the slipcase, but overall an excellent copy. Edition of 1500 numbered copies, this is no. 792. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac and the last work he provided illustrations for before his death. This copy complete with the LEC newsletter and the card. Nice copy.

MILTON, John. The Masque of Comus. With a Preface by Mark Van Doren and The Airs by Henry Lawes, With a Preface by Hubert Foss. Illustrated with Watercolors by Edmund Dulac. 4to. Orig. half-vellum and decorated boards, in publisher's slipcase. Cambridge: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954. Limited to 1500 copies. These brilliant watercolors by Dulac represent the last work of his life. A fine copy.

Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press/LEC. 1954. Fine in Near fine+ dj hardback; Limited ed #1309/1500 copies. .