Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales1, with colour plates intact. Low price, but high postage. Still getting plenty of bids though, will we ever get lucky with a copy of this?
Published by G. Harrap & Company Ltd, Portsmouth, 1931 HB Cloth. Harry Clarke (illustrator).10 x 8 inches approx.. 320 pp., 24 b & w plates, 16 coloured plates .One loose.Spine is a bit frayed.The spine paper has been glued as it came detached.Dedication inside w/ date 1933. Some foxing.Plates are clean and bright.A wonderful book ! If you love the work of Kay Nielsen,Aubrey Beardsley,Arthur Rackham,Edmund Dulac and Pogany and have not discovered Clarke then you are in for a treat! He was the leading Irish symbolist artist with a complex imagination! His work is eclectic and incorporates Art and Crafts,Art Nouveau and Celtic Mysticism influences.The illustrations supersize up please click.Alas he was a chain smoker and died too early at 41.He has left behind some wonderful work including some magnificent stained glass windows.I am sorry about the high postage rate but doing it this way means that ebays commission is lower!I will pack this well to arrive anywhere in the world.Questions answered speedily. This must be worth the money..Clarkes work is becoming very collectible and this book is a real beauty.
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