signed first edition
1949 · New York
by Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen; Edward Ardizzone, Sylvain Sauvage, & Everett Gee Jackson [illus.]
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. Limited Edition of 2500 copies, these copies being #312. Ali Baba signed by Edward Ardizzone and Ugly Duckling signed by translator Jean Hersholt and illustrator Everett Gee Jackson at rear; Sleeping Beauty unsigned as issued. Three quarto volumes. Color illustrations. Glassine dust jackets. Cloth boards housed in publisher's slipcase. Light edgewear and a few chips to edges of jackets, with larger patch of loss to top front corner of Ali Baba. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase split with exposure along edges and shows general rubbing and scuffing, but remains intact and structurally sound. A Very Good set.
(Inventory #: 28144)