Eight illustrated books; Edmond Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Warwick Goble, Walter Crane, Hugh Lofting
lot includes: 1. Stories from The Arabian Nights; retold by Laurence Housman; Edmund Dulac, illus., London: Houghton and Stoughton, ca. 1930. bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decor to spine and covers. 319 pp. 2. Pothooks and Perseverance: Or The ABC Serpent. (Walter Crane's New Series of Picture Books No. 3.) London: Ward & Co. Ltd., 1886. 3. East of the Sun and West of the Moon.: Old Tales from the North. Kay Nielsen, illus.; Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. hardcover in publisher's orange cloth with blue stamped pictorial covers. 4. The Water Babies. Charles Kingsley; Warwick Goble, illus.; London: Macmillan, 1922. hardcover in publisher's brick cloth with gilt titles and decor to spine and covers. 5. The Fairy Book. Warwick Goble, illus. London: Macmillan, 1923. hardcover in publisher's brick cloth with gilt titles and decor to spine and covers. front hinge re-inforced at copyright page. 6. Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales. Grace James. London: Macmillan, 1926. hardcover in publisher's brick cloth with gilt titles and decor to spine and covers. 7. Doctor Doolittle's Circus. Hugh Lofting. NY: Stokes,1924. second printing; bound in publisher's mustard cloth with blue stamped pictorial covers and inset illustration. 8. Doctor Doolittle's Return. Hugh Lofting. NY: Stokes, 1933. first American ed.; bound in publisher's orange cloth with blue stamped pictorial covers and inset illustration.