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    By Laurence Housman
    London   Hodder and Stoughton
    11.5" by 9.5" 113pp.
    A wonderfully-illustrated tale from the Arabian Nights, retold by the notable English playwright, writer and illustrator Laurence Housman.
    By Laurence Housman

    1913 Princess Badoura A Tale from the Arabian Nights

    London   Hodder and Stoughton
    11.5" by 9.5" 113pp.
    A wonderfully-illustrated tale from the Arabian Nights, retold by the notable English playwright, writer and illustrator Laurence Housman.
    £550.00
    : 1kgs / : GEN9-C-3
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    Description

    Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    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).

    Condition

    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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