1910 Rare Book - Balzac’s Droll Stories Illustrated by Albert RobidaAuthor: Honor de Balzac. Illustrated by Albert Robida. Title: Balzacs Droll Stories: Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine. Publisher: London, Privately Printed, circa 1910. Language: Text in English. Size: 8 x 6 inches. Pages: viii, 468 pages. Binding: Elegant half crimson morocco over cloth boards, ruled in gilt, with raised bands and richly gilt decorated spine compartments featuring fleur de lis motifs; upper edge gilt; a refined early 20th

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and One Lovely Poem by Charles van Sandwyk

Binding: Attractive and near fine original full-cloth binding with an oval pictorial onlay of Heidi surrounded by decorative floral and butterfly motifs in blue and yellow (hinges fine

Pages: xiv-1165 pages

illustrated on both covers with whimsical black and color fairyland drawings (hinges fine

gift note of a previous 1899 owner on the first endpaper - as shown)

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The inclusion of The Book of Common Prayer at the front reflects nineteenth-century Anglican devotional practice

Pages: viii-245 pages + publisher's catalog

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