The Pied Piper of Hamelin

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Sale 330: Fine Children's & Illustrated Books; Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#330) 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #171The Pied Piper of Hamelin

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$937.50

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

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Sale 330: Fine Children's & Illustrated Books; Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#330) 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT

Description

Heading:

(Quilter, Harry)

Title:

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Author:

Browning, Robert

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Harry Quilter

Date Published:

1898

Description:

[56] pp. Text and title calligraphed, decorated and illustrated throughout by Harry Quilter, printed on vellum; 2 color plates printed by Lemercier, including the frontispiece on vellum, the other is printed in silk; tissue interleaves. 15¼x12, original full calf decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, two embossed inset metal panels, decorative endpapers, top edges gilt. No. 56 of 100 copies of the English Vellum Edition De Luxe, printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh.

Sumptuous edition of Browning's classic tale.

Condition:

Some minor rubbing to covers, joints tender (possibly recased?); tissue guard at title-page detached, hinge cracked after front free endpaper, subscriber's name on limitation statement cut out, else very good or better.

Item#:

168000
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