MAXFIELD PARRISH ILLUSTRATIONS - FOR "THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, THEIR BEST KNOWN TALES" - 9 PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, NOT INCLUDING THE FRONT COVER AND INSIDE OF FRONT AND BACK PAGES - C. 1945 - ILLUSTRATIONS ARE IN GREAT CONDITION - THE BOOK IS WORN DUE TO AGE AND USE.... UNUSUAL PIECE FOR A COLLECTION!!
Condition: GOOD FOR AGE  

LIMITED EDITION "CONTE DROLATIQUES" FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HONORE DE BALZAC'S HIGHLY CRITICIZED AND PROVOCATIVE WORK - NO. 585/1000 -
PRINTED IN 1900 - BALZAC WAS BOTH A GREAT OBSERVER OF THE "HUMAN COMEDY" AND A REBELLIOUS CRITIC OF THE CONSTRICTIONS POSED ON CREATIVE THINKING OF HIS TIME - THIS PRINTING IN 1900 MUST HAVE CREATED QUITE A STIR!! THESE WOULD BE AN UNUSUAL ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION AND THEY MAKE FOR SOME "SPICY" READING! AH, THE FRENCH!! THIS IS SOLD AS A TWO BOOK SET/VOLUME I AND II - MANY INTERESTING ILLUSTRATIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THESE TWO VOLUMES -
Condition: WEAR APPROPRIATE FOR AGE  

"RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM" -1947 RANDOM HOUSE COMPLETE REPRINT OF FIRST EDITION AND THE COMBINED 3RD, 4TH AND 5TH EDITIONS - TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH QUATRAINS BY EDWARD FITZGERALD - EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LOUIS UNTERMEYER - EXCEPTIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS!! BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED AND BOUND - GREAT FIND!!
Condition: VERY GOOD/MINIMAL WEAR-BINDING