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The Knave of Hearts.

PARRISH, Maxfield (illus.); SAUNDERS, Louise.

  • Published: 1925 , New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1925. Finely bound with onlay of The Knave First edition, first printing. Parrish was especially well-served here by a beautifully printed volume with superbly done colour reproductions. The publisher spared no expense, and priced the book at $10.00, a very high price for the day. Small folio (350 x 295 mm). With colour pictures by Maxfield Parrish. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, two raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial onlay of a court jester to front board, inner dentelles gilt, original pictorial endpapers bound in, all edges gilt. Previous owner's inscription to the inside of the of the pictorial endpaper, overall it is internally very clean and very beautifully bound.

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