RARE EDMUND DULAC EDGAR ALLAN POE BELLS POEMS 1/750 Start Price GBP 895.00 Current Price GBP 895.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, September 02, 2008 End Time Friday, September 12, 2008 Location United Kingdom See more about 'RARE EDMUND DULAC EDGAR ALLAN POE BELLS POEMS 1/750 ' Description Happy bidding, happy reading! One of the most beautiful books in existence, in our opinion, both as a literary work and as an illustrated work. A personal favourite. Only 750 copies were ever issued of this Deluxe limited edition of Edmund Dulac's illustrated version of  The Bells and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe. This book was issued in 1912, almost 100 years old. Moving and beautiful illustrations, in colour and duotone, extensively and profusely illustrated - the epitome of Golden Age and Art Nouveau illustration. A stunning, extensively gilt vellum binding, one of the most elaborate bindings - if not the most elaborate vellum binding of all of early Hodder and Stoughton limited editions. Book: The Bells and Other Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe, with illustrations By Edmund Dulac. HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON, no date but circa 1912. Deluxe First Edition, limited to 750 copies only and signed by Edmund Dulac on limitation page. Publisher's original full vellum, very extensively and elaborately gilt cover and spine, decorated with bells and ornaments. Impressive thick volume, book, 28cm X 24cm X 5cm approximately, large quarto. Twenty-eight stunning tipped-in plates on  bordered mounts, all under captioned tissue guards. Many additional duotone drawings. Contents on thick, textured English handmade paper, similar to Arches or Fabriano and watercolour art papers. Top Edge Gilt, others uncut. Later gold silk ties. Book Condition:  A very lovely copy. Externally, very minor bowing and minor soiling to boards. Slight and minor wear and soiling to extremities of binding. The top gilt edge bright and very  nice. Endpapers darkened and transferred as is typical. Internally FINE. Light transferring of deep black inks from the duotone illustrations to pages opposite, as is typical of all early Hodder and Stoughton limited fine-bound editions. No bookplates or inscriptions. Complete with the original invitation to the exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours for this book.  The beautiful chromolithographic colour plates after Edmund Dulac's brilliant watercolours are a pleasure to peruse. One of the most beautiful books we have ever had the pleasure to own, a highlight of any collection. 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