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190 [1] pp. Illustrated in color by Edmund Dulac. 4to, original vellum-backed cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine label. First edition; No. 439 of 500 copies, signed by Mary Crary and Edmund Dulac. A few tiny spots of foxing to preliminaries and the fore-edge; edges of the spine label a little ragged with minor use to binding; tight and sound.

A smart first edition of this charming work from Mary Crary, with two colour plates from Edmund Dulac. First edition. Illustrated with two colour plates. Collated complete. A charming story designed to encourage the character of the mother into the forefront of the fairy tale. Written by Mary Crary. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, a French-British magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed

DAUGHTERS OF THE STARS, Hatchard & Co., 1939, first edition, fine in vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and some dust soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. Contains 2 full color plates by Edmund Dulac.

London: Hatchard & Co, 1939, 1939. Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket Edmund Dulac (illustrator). First Trade Edition. 190 pgs, decoratively stamped tan cloth. 2 color plates by Dulac enhance this tale in which the mother of the heroine features prominently.

Dulac, Edmund. First trade edition. 2 color plates, decorations by Edmund Dulac. 1 vols. 4to. Scarce Dulac ite, inscribed by the author Crary on the flyleaf in 1953. Beige cloth stamped in blind. Spine sunned, leather spine label chipped; internally very good, in publisher's box 2 color plates, decorations by Edmund Dulac. 1 vols. 4to

190 pgs, decoratively stamped tan cloth. 2 color plates by Dulac enhance this tale in which the mother of the heroine features prominently. Small stain on top edge of book. Dustjacket soiled & wrinkled.

190 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ vellum spine. Covers are discolored due to reaction w/ the glue used in binding. #62 of 500 copies. SIGNED BY MARY CRARY AND EDMUND DULAC. Foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Illust. w/ color plates. Contents nice.

Very good first edition book with color plates by Edmund Dulac. With both very good dust jacket and RARE glassine dust jacket. Lower front right corner of boards is bumped. Page edges are somewhat foxed as are front and back paste-down and free end papers, else book is internally clean. Dust jacket is soiled overall, spine is sunned. Upper and lower edges are creased. Head of jacket spine is chipped with 1/2" closed tear on the front corner. Upper left corner of front edge has 3/16" closed tear with adjacent creases; upper right corner of front edge has a 5/8" closed tear and a 3/8" closed tears with connecting creases. Fore-edge corners are rubbed with loss of up to 1/4". Not price clipped. Scarce book in this condition. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.

190 [1] pp. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Folio, publisher's cloth and boards in dust jacket and glassine. First edition; No. 237 of 500 copies signed by Mary Crary and Edmund Dulac. Slightly bumped at corners; otherwise a fine copy in a jacket with light dust-soiling to the rear panel, and a snag/chip at one corner. The endsheets are free of the usual foxing.

; Half vellum cover with grey cloth boards is toned with bumped corners and small ding to bottom edge of back cover but clean and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Smal faint erasure to corner of front end sheet. Upper page corners lightly bumped but clean and very good. Signed on limitations page by Edmund Dulac, this being copy no. 198 of a limited edition of only 500. Glassine wrapper is toned with light tattering at top and bottom edge. Dust jacket is soiled with 4 small pen scribbles on front panel with light tattering and chipping at extremities but in good condition. DJ flap is price clipped. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) ; 190 pages; Signed by Illustrator

Limited edition, 500 copies, signed by Edmund Dulac & Mary Crary. Some foxing mostly to endpapers. Top corner of front free endpaper cut across. Quarter vellum and cloth sides with black leather titling label. some light marking, else good crisp copy. 190 p.

190 pgs. Vellum backed cloth boards, blue spine label. a tiny bit of wear to edge of spine label, else fine and clean, housed in a later slip case which has a long abrasion to one panel. Illustrated with 2 color plates, there would have been more if the book had not been rushed to publication to avoid WWII paper restrictions. Limited Edition #371/500, signed by Dulac and Crary on the limitation page. A delightful modern fairy tale. Hughey 91a. Size: 4to

Number of books: 1 book.

Signed limited edition, number 424 of 500 copies signed by both author and illustrator. "Publication of this book encountered delays and difficulties because of the outbreak of World War II. Since paper and workmen were fast being commandeered by the British government, the book was rushed into print despite the fact that only two Dulac illustrations were finished" (Hughey). Dulac designed the entire format of the volume, including chapter head and tail scroll designs. Hughey 91. Quarto. Original quarter vellum, grey cloth boards, dark blue morocco label to spine. With dust jacket. Housed in a dark blue morocco solander box. With 2 colour plates. Edges of boards and margins of text block slightly toned, the price-clipped dust jacket chipped at head of spine and with small minor tears on back lower edge, an excellent copy.