Illustrated books, 2 volumes
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 116 |
| Estimate | 300.00 - 500.00 USD |
| Auction | Fall Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historical Prints, & Ephemera |
| Date | October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT |
| Auction house | Quinn's Auction Galleries |
| Location | Falls Church, Virginia |
1. VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM, AUGUSTE; T. STURGE MOORE, illustrator. Axel. London: Jarrolds, 1925. With a preface by W.B. Yeats. Translated by H.P.R. Finberg. Illustrations, decorations, and cover design by Moore. 8vo. Publisher's white cloth elaborately illustrated in gilt, top edge gilt. Free-endpapers toned, a few marginal spots, cloth a little rubbed and dust-soiled. Limited edition, no. 155 of 500 copies signed by the translator. 2. NIELSEN, KAY, illustrator. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. New York: George H Doran, n.d. [ca. 1923]. 8vo. 24 (of 25) color plates tipped to mounts, illustrations and decorations in text. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in red, orange and white illustrated endpapers, illustrated dust jacket printed in red. Lacking 1 plate ("The six brothers riding out to woo"), uneven toning to jacket, front panel separated at spine fold, chipping to ends of jacket spine. TOGETHER, 2 volumes.
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