[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDING]. BASILE, Giambattista (1566-1632). The Pentamerone, or the Story of Stories. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. -- HEWLETT, Maurice (1861-1923). The Little Iliad. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915.
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[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDING]. BASILE, Giambattista (1566-1632). The Pentamerone, or the Story of Stories. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912.
12mo. Illustrations after George Cruikshank. Publisher's decorated brown cloth (minor loss to finish on front cover); ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST JACKET (some minor soiling, a few discreet repairs).
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HEWLETT, Maurice (1861-1923). The Little Iliad. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915.
8vo. Frontispiece by Philip Burne Jones. Publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut (very slight rubbing to extremities); ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST JACKET reproducing Jones's frontispiece design (some very minor soiling, a few discreet repairs).
This lot is located in Chicago.
From the Private Collection of Richard Cady
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