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THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING
THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING

THE HEROES OR GREEK FAIRY TALES BY CHARLES KINGSLEY 1912 DURVAN FINE BINDING

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[KINGSLEY, CHARLES]. The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children. Illustrated after Drawings by W. Russell Flint. London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society Ltd., MDCCCCXII [1912].

First edition, limited edition no. 172 of 500 copies. Leather-bound, hardcover, quarto (27cm x 20.5cm x 2.8cm), pp. xvii, [1], 113, [4]. English text, printed on hand-made Riccardi Paper. Exquisitely bound by Durvand (signed on the front lower dentelle), in full red crushed morocco, spine and covers beautifully gilt ruled and tooled, elaborate gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, other page edges uneven. Marbled endpapers, initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present, title-page printed in blue and black with a circular classical vignette, 12 tipped-in colour lithograph plates by William Russell Flint, each plate with a captioned tissue-guard. With stories about: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. Condition: FINE. The covers immaculate with the hinges and joints intact. Contents complete and very clean, without previous ownership markings.

Notes: A deluxe and desirable edition of this treasury of Greek myths for younger readers, with classical stories about Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus, and illustrated with stunning mounted plates by William Russell Flint. A numbered edition of 500 copies, the limitation page stating this is number 172. Exquisitely bound by Durvan, master French binder of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, known for his elaborate and technically excellent gilt application, tooling and design. An impressive and finely gilt-tooled work, bound in sumptuous full red crushed morocco leather, beautifully preserved and in fine condition.
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