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Lot 75

NIELSEN, KAY. 1886-1957.
QUILLER-COUCH, ARTHUR. 1863-1944.
In Powder and Crinoline. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913].

11 December 2020, 10:00 EST
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NIELSEN, KAY. 1886-1957.

QUILLER-COUCH, ARTHUR. 1863-1944. In Powder and Crinoline. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913].
4to. 26 color plates by Nielsen tipped onto grey stock with decorative frames, captioned tissue guards. Green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, covers with single gilt fillet border, upper cover with gilt titling, raised bands, gilt-ruled compartments, turn-ins with single gilt fillet, marbled endleaves, top edge gilt. Two leaves with short closed tear to fore margin, slight browning to edges of leaves.

An attractively bound copy of Quiller-Couch's third collection of fairy tales, with illustrations by Nielsen. It appears to be a variant of the Edition De Luxe, with two more plates than the trade edition, but it is not signed by Nielsen, as the 500 copies of that edition were supposed to be. The cheeky, somewhat campy illustrations here strongly reflect the influence of Aubrey Beardsley, an artist much admired by Nielsen. An English writer and critic of Cornish descent who published under the pseudonym "Q," Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch is perhaps best remembered as the compiler of the monumental Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900.

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