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    By R. Nisbet Bain [Trans]; Dr. Ignacz Kunos [Ed.]
    London   Lawrence and Bullen
    9" by 6" xii, 290; viii [2], 264; x, [2], 275 pp.
    A charming three-volume collection of Russian, Cossack, and Turkish folk and fairy tales, translated by R. Nisbet Bain and enriched with striking fin-de-siècle plate and text art.
    By R. Nisbet Bain [Trans]; Dr. Ignacz Kunos [Ed.]

    1894-1896 Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevi; Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-Tales; Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

    London   Lawrence and Bullen
    9" by 6" xii, 290; viii [2], 264; x, [2], 275 pp.
    A charming three-volume collection of Russian, Cossack, and Turkish folk and fairy tales, translated by R. Nisbet Bain and enriched with striking fin-de-siècle plate and text art.
    £395.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 984H39
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    In the publisher's original cloth bindings. 

    These volumes are handsomely illustrated by artists associated with the fin-de-siècle book arts, including Celia Levetus, E. W. Mitchell, and C. M. Gere. 

    A charming trio of late-Victorian fairy and folk-tale collections drawn from Russian, Cossack, and Turkish oral traditions, translated and adapted by the prolific folklorist R. Nisbet Bain. With two first editions, and one second edition, compromising: 

    Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-Tales (1894). The first edition. Selected, edited, and translated by R. Nisbet Bain. Illustrated with a frontispiece and featuring numerous in-text and full-page illustrations by E. W. Mithcell.

    Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevi by R. Nisbet Bain. (1893). The second edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates by C. M. Gere. Collated, complete. 

    Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1896). First edition. Collected by Dr. Ignacz Kunos, Translated from the Hungarian version by R. Nisbet Bain. Illustrated by Celia Levetus.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Previous owner’s contemporary ink inscription to half title of “Cossack.” Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading and discolouration to perimeters and spines. The odd slight handling mark to spines. Slight loss to cloth and marking to head of spine of “Cossack.” Front and rear hinge of Cossacks cracked, with binding materials slightly exposed, but holding. The odd spot and slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks.

    Very Good

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