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Auction archive: Lot number 193

The Pied Piper Of Hamelin: A Child's Story

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$480
Auction archive: Lot number 193

The Pied Piper Of Hamelin: A Child's Story

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$480
Beschreibung:

Title: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin: A Child's Story Author: Browning, Robert Place: London Publisher: Harry Quilter Date: 1898 Description: [56] pp. Text and title calligraphed, decorated and illustrated throughout by Harry Quilter, printed on vellum; 2 color plates printed by Lemercier, including the frontispiece on vellum, the other is printed in silk; tissue interleaves. 15¼x12, original full calf decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, two embossed inset metal panels, decorative endpapers, top edges gilt. No. 34 of 100 copies of the English Vellum Edition De Luxe, printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh. Sumptuous edition of Browning's classic tale. Signed on limitation page by Harry Quilter. Lot Amendments Condition: Some professional restoration to spine and corners with new leather underlaying old; front hinge mended with tissue; owner name to back of frontispiece; fore-edges of endpapers a bit frayed, overall quite presentable and about very good. Item number: 170181

Auction archive: Lot number 193
Auction:
Datum:
9 Nov 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin: A Child's Story Author: Browning, Robert Place: London Publisher: Harry Quilter Date: 1898 Description: [56] pp. Text and title calligraphed, decorated and illustrated throughout by Harry Quilter, printed on vellum; 2 color plates printed by Lemercier, including the frontispiece on vellum, the other is printed in silk; tissue interleaves. 15¼x12, original full calf decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, two embossed inset metal panels, decorative endpapers, top edges gilt. No. 34 of 100 copies of the English Vellum Edition De Luxe, printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh. Sumptuous edition of Browning's classic tale. Signed on limitation page by Harry Quilter. Lot Amendments Condition: Some professional restoration to spine and corners with new leather underlaying old; front hinge mended with tissue; owner name to back of frontispiece; fore-edges of endpapers a bit frayed, overall quite presentable and about very good. Item number: 170181

Auction archive: Lot number 193
Auction:
Datum:
9 Nov 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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