1949 The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood; The Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves; The Ugly Duckling

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Colour Plates, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Slipcase

A handsome limited edition, three volume set of 'The Evergreen Tales; or Tales for the Ageless'. In full cloth pictorial binding with the original slipcase. This set comprises of: 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' by Charles Perrault. Translated from the French by P. H. Muir. This edition consists of 2500 numbered copies of which this is number 950. With twelve watercolour illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Collated complete. 'The Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves', being literally translated from the Arabic into French by J. C. Mardrus; and then translated into modern English by E. Powys Mathers. This edition consists of 2500 copies of which this is number 950. With beautiful colour illustrated paste-downs and free endpapers. Consisting of a frontispiece, nine full page illustrations and several vignette illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone. Collated complete. Signed by the illustrator to the limitations page. 'The Ugly Duckling' by Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt. This edition consists of 2500 numbered copies of which this is number 950. Illustrated with four full page plates and numerous colour vignette illustrations throughout by Everett Gee Jackson. Signed by both the translator and illustrator to the limitations page.